secco

See also seccò

English

Etymology

Italian

Adjective

secco (not comparable)

1. (art) dry

   Secco painting, or painting in secco, is painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, on wet or fresh plaster.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin siccus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈsekko]

Adjective

secco m (f secca, m plural secchi, f plural, secche)

1. dry
2. dried
3. thin
4. sharp

Synonyms

• (dry) asciutto
• (dried) disseccato
• (thin) magro, snello
• (sharp) brusco, asciutto

Antonyms

• (dry) bagnato
• (thin) grasso

Noun

secco m (plural secchi)

1. dryland
2. dryness
3. drought

Synonyms

• (drought) siccità

Related terms

• secca
• seccamente
• secchezza
• seccaggine
• seccare
• seccume

Verb

secco

1. first-person singular present indicative of seccare

Anagrams

• cosce