OriginBorrowed from Italian secco (“dry”). Doublet of sec.
- not-comparabledry
“Secco painting, or painting in secco, is painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, on wet or fresh plaster.”
- not-comparabledry – sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance
- A work painted on dry plaster, as distinguished from a fresco.
“The Roman frescoes are generally robust, but the Chinese and Egyptian seccos are inherently weak […]”
- AustraliaSection commander, an infantry soldier responsible for about 8 other soldiers.
Formsseccos(plural)