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graffiti

Pronunciation: /ɡɹəˈfiː.ti/

The English word “graffiti” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.
  2. Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.

verb

  1. To mark a surface with such images.

Etymology

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-.

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