intonaco

in·to·na·co

[in-ton-uh-koh, -taw-nuh-; Italian een-taw-nah-kaw]
noun, plural in·to·na·cos, in·to·na·ci [Italian -chee] .
(formerly in fresco painting) the last and finest coat of plaster, usually applied in sections and painted while still damp with colors ground in water or a lime-water mixture.
Compare arriccio.


Origin:
1800–10; < Italian, noun derivative of intonacare to coat, equivalent to in- in-2 + Vulgar Latin *tunicāre, by construal of Latin tunicātus “wearing a tunic” as a ptp; see tunic, -ate1

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