单词 | graffito |
释义 | graffiton. Art (Historical). A drawing or writing scratched on a wall or other surface; a scribbling on an ancient wall, as those at Pompeii and Rome. Also, a method of decoration in which designs are produced by scratches through a superficial layer of plaster, glazing, etc., revealing a ground of different colour; chiefly attributive, as in graffito-decoration, -pottery, -ware. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun] > graffiti wall-chalking1853 graffito1863 scratchiti1995 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > [noun] > work in specific medium bonework1557 shell-work1611 rockwork1615 feather-work1665 quillwork1688 boss-work1697 ice work1729 wafer-work1789 filigree paper1800 feather-mosaic1843 cut paper1847 plumagery1854 leather-work1856 graffito1863 cuerda seca1911 papercraft1917 barbola1927 rosemaling1933 cuenca1939 penwork1969 society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun] > graffiti > ancient graffito1863 1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) II. iv. iv. 286 The slight scratching of many of the Maeshowe Runes, and the consequent irregularity and want of precision in the forms..of what, it must be remembered, are mere graffiti. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xi. 242 Even the Graffiti of Pompeii have scarcely more power to reconstruct the past and summon as in dreams the voices and the forms of long since buried men. 1873 F. B. Palliser tr. A. Jacquemart Hist. Ceramic Art Index 619/1 Graffito decoration. Draft additions 1993 graˈffitist n. one who writes or draws graffiti. ΚΠ 1966 New Statesman 2 Dec. 831/1 His gift is to bring out the scholiast—or the graffitist—in the reader. 1973 New York 26 Mar. 33/2 For Pop Master and one-time graffitist Claes Oldenburg, the blossoming graffiti are like a dream come true. 1990 E. Kraft Reservations Recommended ii. 41 The Graffitist leaves messages all over Boston, printed in small, precise capital letters. Draft additions December 2007 Originally U.S. In plural form graffiti with singular agreement. Words or images marked (illegally) in a public place, esp. using aerosol paint. ΚΠ 1961 N.Y. Times 27 July 30/3 The slogans were scratched out..in the never-ending battle between those who write and those who remove graffiti. 1977 ‘E. McBain’ Long Time no See ix. 138 The graffiti was oversprayed—Spider 19 giving way to Dagger 21, in turn giving way to Salazar IV, so that nobody's name meant a rat's ass any more. 1990 New Eng. Monthly Mar. 8/2 Graffiti is a destructive eyesore. 2004 Philadelphia Feb. 42/2 Skateboarding—‘street skating’, more precisely—is a sport the way graffiti is an art. Draft additions June 2015 graffiti knitter n. a street artist who decorates public objects and monuments with colourful knitted or crocheted items or motifs; cf. yarn bomber n. at yarn bomb v. Derivatives, yarnstormer n. at yarnstorm v. Derivatives. ΚΠ 2008 Age (Melbourne) 22 July 15/1 In 2005 a group of graffiti-knitters formed Knitta Please and set out to cover public objects in brightly coloured knitted wraps. 2014 Ealing Times (Nexis) 16 Feb. Famous graffiti knitter Deadly Knitshade spoke at a meeting in January, inspiring members to get creative for the Ealing Music and Film Valentine Festival. graffiti knitting n. street art consisting of colourful knitted or crocheted items and motifs attached to public objects and monuments; the action of decorating objects or monuments in this way; cf. guerrilla knitting n. at guerrilla n. Additions, yarn bombing n., yarnstorming n. at yarnstorm v. Derivatives. ΚΠ 2008 Guardian 6 Dec. (Guide Suppl.) 43 A day/night of shopping with drinks.., an ArtYarn guerilla graffiti knitting class and more. 2010 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 20 July 6 (caption) Belfast city centre is being bombarded with ‘graffiti knitting’ as part of a celebration of homegrown crafts. 2014 Contra Costa (Calif.) Times (Nexis) 29 Sept. Rosendin committed her first act of graffiti knitting in broad daylight a few years ago. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1863 |
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