Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
GRAFFITI
graffito, graffiti
(noun) a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls
GRAFFITO
graffito, graffiti
(noun) a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
graffiti (usually uncountable, plural graffiti)
(chiefly, uncountable) Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.
(archaeology, countable) Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc, as opposed to official inscriptions.
Usage notes
• There is no universal singular form to denote a single piece of graffiti. In archaeology, and occasionally elsewhere, graffito is used, reflecting the Italian singular. There is some non-standard usage of graffitus, as though it were Latin (compare focus, plural foci); graffitum, also Latin sounding (though this would technically form the plural *graffita; cf. millennium, plural millennia); and graffiti itself, unmodified.
Synonyms
• (archaeology): cave painting; epigraphy
Verb
graffiti (third-person singular simple present graffitis, present participle graffitiing, simple past and past participle graffitied)
(transitive) To mark a surface with such images.
Source: Wiktionary
Graf*fi"ti, n. pl. Etym: [It., pl. of graffito scratched]
Definition: Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii.
GRAFFITO
Graf*fi"to, n. [It., fr. graffio a scratching.] (Art)
Definition: Production of decorative designs by scratching them through a surface of layer plaster, glazing, etc., revealing a different- colored ground; also, pottery or ware so decorated; -- chiefly used attributively.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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