graffito noun. [grǝ'fi:tǝʊ] Pl. (freq. used as sing.) -ti [-ti]. M19.
[Italian, from graffio scratching.]
1. A drawing, writing, or scribbling on a wall etc., orig. spec. on an ancient wall, as at Rome and Pompeii. Usu. in pl. M19.
■ J. Barnes The concrete bus-shelters were still unstained by damp or graffiti.

2. A method of decoration or design produced by scratching through a plaster layer to reveal a different colour below. L19.

■ graffitist noun a person who writes graffiti M20.

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