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secco

[ sek-oh; Italian sek-kaw ]

adjective

  1. (of notes or passages in a musical score) played and released abruptly and without resonance.

secco

/ ˈ²õÉ›°ìəʊ /

noun

  1. wall painting done on dried plaster with tempera or pigments ground in limewater Compare fresco
  2. any wall painting other than true fresco
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of secco1

1850–55; < Italian: dry; sack 3
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of secco1

C19: from Italian: dry, from Latin siccus
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Example Sentences

Hazel Secco, a CFP in Hoboken, New Jersey, remembers clients who moved from New Jersey to North Carolina and found that the lifestyle wasn’t what they expected.

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“I think they were visualizing and thinking about the difference theoretically, but I don’t think they fully grasped the implications,†Secco says.

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This “vino frizzante rosso secco†comes from a leading Lambrusco producer in Emilia Romagna.

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Secco — Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita Secco means the wine is dry, while D.O.C.G. is the highest classification for an appellation in Italy.

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With thousands of cargo ships leaving Brazil annually for Europe, Africa and beyond, there was no reason to stop at the water’s edge, Secco told Reuters.

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