arriccio

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ə rē′chō; It. är rēt′chô)


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ar•ric•cio  (ə rē′chō; It. är rēt′chô),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cios, -ci (-chē).USA pronunciation 
  1. Fine Art(formerly in fresco painting) a second coat of plaster, somewhat finer than the first coat, applied over the entire surface and on which the drawing for the fresco is done.
Also, arricciato. Also called brown coat. Cf. intonaco. 
  • Latin ēricius
  • Italian, derivative of arricciare to curl up, make grooves in (a- a-5 + -ricciare, verb, verbal derivative of riccio hedgehog

'arriccio' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
arricciato - brown coat - intonaco

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