Graffiti Definition

grə-fētē
graffito
noun
Inscriptions, slogans, drawings, etc. scratched, scribbled, or drawn, often crudely, on a wall or other public surface.
Webster's New World
Drawings or inscriptions made on a wall or other surface, usually so as to be seen by the public.
American Heritage

(chiefly uncountable) A form of vandalism involving painting text or images in public places.

Wiktionary

(chiefly uncountable) A form of art involving painting text or images in public places.

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Synonyms:
verb

To create such images.

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Origin of Graffiti

  • Italian pl. of graffito graffito

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from Italian graffiti.

    From Wiktionary

Graffiti Sentence Examples

  • Graffiti of pilgrims to the shrine of Isis are dated as late as the end of the 5th century A.D.

  • Ancient graffiti abound in all this district, and on Bigeh, a larger island adjoining Philae, there was a temple as early as the reign of Tethmosis III.

  • The script also recurs on walls in the shape of graffiti, and on vases, sometimes ink-written; and from the number of seals originally attached to perishable documents it is probable that parchment or some similar material was also used.

  • In rare cases during the Middle Kingdom (inscriptions in the tomb of Ameni at Beth Hasan, graffiti in the quarries of Hanub) documents were dated in the years of reign of these feudatory nobles.

  • It can be traced in the graffiti of the mercenaries of Psammetichus at Abu Simbel in Upper Egypt, where Greeks, Carians and Phoenicians all cut their names upon the legs of the colossal statues.

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