[sek-oh; It. sek-kaw] 
| 1. | fresco secco. |
| 2. | (of notes or passages in a musical score) played and released abruptly and without resonance. |
| the technique of painting in watercolors on dry plaster. Also called dry fresco, secco. Compare fresco (def. 1). |
| sec·co (sěk'ō) n. pl. sec·cos The art or an example of painting on dry plaster. adj. Music Of or being a kind of recitative in which the words are sung rapidly to minimal accompaniment, usually just continuo. [Italian, from Latin siccus, dry.] |