alfresco

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The Word of the Day for May 23 is:

alfresco   \al-FRESS-koh\   adjective or adverb
     : taking place or located in the open air : outdoor, outdoors

Example sentence:
     Our neighbors are looking forward to the summer, when they'll be able to 
dine alfresco on their new patio.

Did you know?
     In addition to describing a type of dining,"alfresco" can also describe a 
kind of painting. The word "fresco," which comes from the Italian adjective 
"fresco," meaning "fresh," refers to a method of painting on fresh plaster. 
Although the "outdoors" sense of "alfresco" is by far the most common in 
current use, the term can also describe painting done in the fresco manner -- 
that is, on fresh plaster.




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