graffito, graffiti
(noun) a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls
graffito, graffiti
(noun) a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• 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.
• (archaeology): cave painting; epigraphy
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.
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
18 June 2024
(noun) an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things; “a parade of strollers on the mall”; “a parade of witnesses”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
