stucco

Etymology

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.

noun

  1. A plaster that is used to coat (interior or) exterior walls, or used for mouldings.
  2. Work made of stucco; stuccowork.

verb

  1. (transitive) To coat or decorate with stucco.

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