fresco means A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 80 out of 100.
fresco is pronounced /ˈfɹɛskoʊ/.
Why “fresco” is a great word
FRESCO — [Noun] A painting executed on wet plaster with water-based pigments, or the technique of creating such a work. From Italian fresco ("cool, fresh"), from Vulgar Latin *friscum, from Proto-Germanic *friskaz ("fresh"). First used in English c. 1598 in the artistic sense. Unlike fresco-secco (painting on dry plaster, which permits revision but yields a fragile bond) or a general mural (which may be rendered in any medium), a true fresco is a chemical marriage—the pigment becomes stone. It is the cool, damp scent of fresh lime plaster at dawn, the swift and irrevocable stroke of the brush, and the mineral bloom of color locked within the wall for centuries. The final image is not applied to the surface, but born from it—a vibrant ghost held in the very skin of the building.
noun
- A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade.“[…] I [Satan] cannot ſtay
Flaring in ſun-ſhine all the day:
For, entre nous, we helliſh ſprites,
Love more the freſco of the nights; […]”
- An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.
- The technique used to make such an artwork.
verb
- To paint using fresco.