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‖ alfresco, adv.|ælˈfrɛskəʊ|
[It. phr. al fresco on the fresh, in the fresh or cool air; to paint al fresco on the fresh plaster, to dine al fresco in the open air.]
1. = fresco; painted on a plaster surface while still fresh or moist.
1764Harmer Observ. vii. §40. 304 It is superior to the al⁓fresco, and the Mosaic work. 1886Athenæum 6 Mar. 333/1 The prehistoric artist worked al fresco, executing patterns or figures. 1939Burlington Mag. Sept. 108/1 The painting of the flesh—which is consistently al fresco.
2. In the open air; also attrib. open-air-.
1753Mrs. Heywood J. & J. Jessamy I. v. 53 It was good for her ladyship's health to be thus alfresco. 1761Smollett Gil Blas iv. i. 113 To ventilate my passion here al fresco. 1811L. M. Hawkins Countess I. ii. 32 A little lad who had reported an alfresco orchestra as consisting of two horns and a hautboy. 1816Jane Austen Emma III. vi. 92 Mr. Woodhouse was safely conveyed in his carriage..to partake of this al-fresco party. 1881Daily Tel. 23 Feb., The pillared archway of Clement's Inn..a once favourite ‘al fresco’ emporium of hot eel soup.
3. Used as vb. with obj. it.
1822L. Hunt Recoll. Writers 214 Of putting on his shirt as he returns, or even of alfrescoing it without one. |