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graffiti (root: graffito)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun graffiti has 1 sense
- graffiti(n = noun.artifact) graffito - a rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls; Array is a kind of decoration, ornament, ornamentation
CIDE DICTIONARY
graffiti, n. pl. [It., pl. of graffito scratched].
- Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii. [1913 Webster]
- any writings or drawings on a surface in a public place, placed there without authorization of the owner of the object on which it is written. Such graffiti are usually unwelcome, and are considered as form of vandalism. [PJC]
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