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fresˇco  audio  (frsk) KEY 

NOUN:
pl. fresˇcoes or fresˇcos
  1. The art of painting on fresh, moist plaster with pigments dissolved in water.
  2. A painting executed in this way.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
fresˇcoed, fresˇcoˇing, fresˇcoes
To paint in fresco.
ETYMOLOGY:
Italian, fresh (plaster), of Germanic origin

OTHER FORMS:
frescoˇer or frescoˇist(Noun)


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