Definition of "secco" in English

adjective

1. (art) dry

   • Secco painting, or painting in secco, is painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, on wet or fresh plaster.

2. (music) dry – sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance

noun

1. (art) A work painted on dry plaster, as distinguished from a fresco.

noun

1. (Australia, military) Section commander, an infantry soldier responsible for about 8 other soldiers.