† a frescaadv.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian a fresco.

Etymology: Apparently < Italian a fresco on the fresh (plaster) (1541; frequently with verbs denoting painting, e.g. colorire a fresco to colour in fresco, dipingere a fresco to paint in fresco) < a on + fresco fresco n. Compare later al fresco adv., al fresco adj., and their Italian etymons.Italian affresco ‘alfresco painting’ is not attested until considerably later (1809).

Obsolete. rare.

= in fresco at fresco n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [adverb] > mural > fresco

in wet1622

a frescac1660

al fresco1756

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 103 The Long Gallery..pav'd with white & black marble, richly fretted & paynted a fresca.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	a fresca
释义	† a frescaadv. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian a fresco. Etymology: Apparently < Italian a fresco on the fresh (plaster) (1541; frequently with verbs denoting painting, e.g. colorire a fresco to colour in fresco, dipingere a fresco to paint in fresco) < a on + fresco fresco n. Compare later al fresco adv., al fresco adj., and their Italian etymons.Italian affresco ‘alfresco painting’ is not attested until considerably later (1809). Obsolete. rare. = in fresco at fresco n. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [adverb] > mural > fresco in wet1622 a frescac1660 al fresco1756 c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 103 The Long Gallery..pav'd with white & black marble, richly fretted & paynted a fresca. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adv.c1660
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