Definitions for seccos

seccos sec·co

Spelling: [sek-oh; Italian sek-kaw]
IPA: /ˈsɛk oʊ; Italian ˈsɛk kɔ/

Seccos is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 48 anagrams from letters in seccos (cceoss).

Definitions for seccos

noun

  1. fresco secco.

adjective

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

Origin of seccos

1850-55; Italian: dry; see sack3

Examples for seccos

The musical element consisted of a succession of arias and duets stitched together by a loose thread of secco recitative.

This work is not a true fresco, but a secco—that is, it was painted on the dry wall.

"Xualla" is placed to the west of and near the headwaters of the "secco" or Savannah River.

In fresco painting no vehicle was used but water; in secco painting a tempera was used composed of white and yolk of egg.

secco had an especial province of its own; all pictures, as distinguished from wall paintings, being executed in it.

Word Value for seccos
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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