Definition of alfresco

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Alfvén, Hannes Olof Gösta >

al·fres·co    (l-frsk) KEY 

ADVERB:

In the fresh air; outdoors: dining alfresco.

ADJECTIVE:

Taking place outdoors; outdoor: an alfresco conference.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Italian al fresco, in the fresh (air) : al, in the ( a, to, in from Latin ad; see ad- + il, the from Latin ille; see al-¹ in Indo-European roots) + fresco, fresh