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English
Etymology
Perhaps a blend of frisk (“brisk and lively movement”) + Italian fresco.
Noun
frisco (plural friscos or friscoes)
- (obsolete) Synonym of frisk (“brisk and lively movement”)
Neapolitan
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *friscum.
Pronunciation
Adjective
frisco (feminine singular fresca, masculine plural frischi, feminine plural fresche)
- fresh
- cool
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 1038: “fresca; fresco” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “frisco”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano