| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| alfresco |
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| SYLLABICATION: | al·fres·co |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   l-fr s k |
| ADVERB: | In the fresh air; outdoors: dining alfresco. | | ADJECTIVE: | Taking place outdoors; outdoor: an alfresco conference. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian al fresco, in the fresh (air) : al, in the ( a, to, in, from Latin ad; see ad– + il, the, from Latin ille; see al- in Appendix I) + fresco, fresh.
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