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in•to•na•co
(in ton′ə kō′, -tô′nə-; It. ēn tô′nä kô),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cos, -ci
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(It. -chē).USA pronunciation
- Fine Art(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. Cf. arriccio.
- Italian, noun, nominal 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
- 1800–10
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