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al⋅fres⋅co

[al-fres-koh]
–adverb
1. out-of-doors; in the open air: to dine alfresco.
–adjective
2. outdoor: an alfresco café.
Also, al fresco.


Origin:
1745–55; < It: in the cool, in a cool place. See fresco
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al·fres·co   (āl-frěs'kō)   
adv.  In the fresh air; outdoors: dining alfresco.
adj.  Taking place outdoors; outdoor: an alfresco conference.

[Italian al fresco, in the fresh (air) : al, in the (a, to, in from Latin ad; see ad- + il, the from Latin ille; see al-1 in Indo-European roots) + fresco, fresh.]
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