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secco¹

Where it comes from

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

adjective

  1. not comparable Dry. Secco painting, or painting in secco, is painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, on wet or fresh plaster.
  2. not comparable Dry, sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance.

noun seccos

  1. 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 […]

secco²

Where it comes from

Clipping of section commander + -o.

noun seccos

  1. Australia Section commander, an infantry soldier responsible for about 8 other soldiers.

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"secco." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/secco. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

secco. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/secco

Chicago

"secco." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/secco.

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@misc{secco_2026,
  title = {secco},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/secco},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}