stucco

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces
  2. verb decorate with stucco work
  3. verb coat with stucco

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian stucco (“coating made of pulverised gypsum, plaster, stucco”) from Old Italian stucco, from Lombardic stucki, *stucchi (“crust, fragment, piece”) from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją (“stump, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to shock, butt, impact”). Akin to German Stück (“piece”), Old Saxon stukki (“piece, fragment”) and Old English stycce. Related to stock.

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