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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024graf•fi•ti /grəˈfiti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- drawings, writings, or marks made in public places, as walls, signs, or posters.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024graf•fi•ti (grə fē′tē),USA pronunciation n. - pl. of graffito.
- (used with a pl. v.) markings, as initials, slogans, or drawings, written, spray-painted, or sketched on a sidewalk, wall of a building or public restroom, or the like:These graffiti are evidence of the neighborhood's decline.
- (used with a sing. v.) such markings as a whole or as constituting a particular group:Not much graffiti appears around here these days.
- Greek grapheîon; compare graphic, grapho-, graft1
- Italian, plural of graffito incised inscription or design, derivative with -ito -ite2 of graffiare to scratch, perh. influenced by presumed Latin *graphīre to write; both probably derivative of Latin graphium stylus
- 1850–55
In formal speech and writing graffiti takes a plural verb. In less formal contexts it is sometimes considered a mass noun and is used with a singular verb. The singular graffito is found mostly in archaeological and other technical writing. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: graffiti /ɡræˈfiːtiː/ pl n ( sing -to / -təʊ/)- (sometimes with singular verb) drawings, messages, etc, often obscene, scribbled on the walls of public lavatories, advertising posters, etc
- inscriptions or drawings scratched or carved onto a surface, esp rock or pottery
Etymology: 19th Century: graffito from Italian: a little scratch, from graffio, from Latin graphium stylus, from Greek grapheion; see graft1 graf•fi•to (grə fē′tō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ti (-tē).USA pronunciation - Archaeology, Pronounsan ancient drawing or writing scratched on a wall or other surface.
- a single example of graffiti.
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