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stucco

US/ˈstʌkoʊ/ uncommon
noun (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime; applied while soft to cover exterior walls or surfaces

verb

1.

decorate with stucco work

  • “stuccoed ceilings”
2.

coat with stucco

  • “stucco the ceiling”

Origin

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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