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alfresco or al fresco (al-FRES-koh) - adv., out of doors, in the open air. adj., outdoor.
Also, as a minor adverbial sense, being painted on fresh plaster that is still moist (making a fresco). This was adopted around 1750 from Italian al fresco, literally "in the fresh/cool" with the "(air)" part being implied, and the al being a contraction of a, in + il, the. (Interestingly, in modern Italian, the phrase has the slang sense of "in the cooler," as in in jail/prison as well as a more literal sense of in the fridge.)
---L.
Also, as a minor adverbial sense, being painted on fresh plaster that is still moist (making a fresco). This was adopted around 1750 from Italian al fresco, literally "in the fresh/cool" with the "(air)" part being implied, and the al being a contraction of a, in + il, the. (Interestingly, in modern Italian, the phrase has the slang sense of "in the cooler," as in in jail/prison as well as a more literal sense of in the fridge.)
---L.
