graffiti
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)bor. Italian graffire Italian graffito Italian graffitibor. English graffiti Borrowed from Italian graffiti, from graffito, from graffire, borrowed from Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō, “to write”), from Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō, from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-.
Definitions
Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without…
Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.
- The underpass is a popular place for graffiti artists.
- The city council spends thousands of pounds removing graffiti from public buildings.
- The removal of unsightly graffiti on the sides of railway bridges spanning major roads in the North West is to be handed over to National Highways, to speed up the job.
Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.
To mark a surface with such images.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for graffiti. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA