Associations to the word «Fresco»

Wiktionary

FRESCO, noun. (uncountable) In painting, the technique of applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.
FRESCO, noun. (countable) A painting made using this technique.
FRESCO, noun. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade.
FRESCO, verb. To paint using fresco

Dictionary definition

FRESCO, noun. A mural done with watercolors on wet plaster.
FRESCO, noun. A durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster.
FRESCO, verb. Paint onto wet plaster on a wall.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats