5.4.10

word of the day

a1one -Tehran, Iran
graffiti |grəˈfētē|
plural noun ( sing. -to |-tō|) [treated as sing. or pl. ]


writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place : the walls were covered with graffiti | [as adj. ] a graffiti artist.


write or draw graffiti on (something) : he and another artist graffitied an entire train.


ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Italian (plural), from graffio ‘a scratch.’

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