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alfresco (al-FRES-ko) adjective and adverb
Outdoors; in the open air. [From Italian alfresco (in the fresh).] "Santa Fe will be less alfresco next year when all its audience is to be roofed, though not walled, from the squalls on New Mexico's mesa." American Opera Festivals: Buffy, Not Stuffy, The Economist (London), Sep 9, 1995. This week's theme: words with Italian connection. Sponsors of today's AWAD are NannyTax, Inc., providing tax compliance services to employers of domestic help. For useful information and a free consultation, please visit: http://www.nannytax.com AND *Touchstone Consultancy* Relationship + business advice via remote sensing. World-wide service. Visit http://pobox.com/~consultant ............................................................................ Conversation, n. A fair to the display of the minor mental commodities, each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares to observe those of his neighbor. -Ambrose Bierce, writer (1842-1914) [The Devil's Dictionary] AWAD on your Website: http://wordsmith.org/awad/add.html Gift subscription: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Bulletin board: http://wordsmith.org/board AWAD archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/alfresco.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/alfresco.ram
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