secco

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. dry
  2. dry – sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance
noun
  1. A work painted on dry plaster, as distinguished from a fresco.
noun
  1. Section commander, an infantry soldier responsible for about 8 other soldiers.

Word forms

secco seccos

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian secco (“dry”). Doublet of sec.

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