graffito

noun graf·fi·to \grə-ˈfē-(ˌ)tō, gra-, grä-\

plural graf·fi·ti

Definition of GRAFFITO

: an inscription or drawing made on some public surface (as a rock or wall); also : a message or slogan written as or as if as a graffito

— graf·fi·tist \-ˈfē-tist\ noun

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Italian, incised inscription, from graffiare to scratch, probably from grafio stylus, from Latin graphium

First Known Use: 1851

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