graffito

[ gruh-fee-toh ]
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noun,plural graf·fi·ti [gruh-fee-tee]. /grəˈfi ti/.
  1. Archaeology. an ancient drawing or writing scratched on a wall or other surface.

  2. a single example of graffiti.

Origin of graffito

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see origin at graffiti

usage note For graffito

See graffiti.

Words Nearby graffito

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How to use graffito in a sentence

  • Each bore a stamp on the handle; the smaller had also a graffito on the rim of the bottom made by a succession of little dots.

    Roman Britain in 1914 | F. Haverfield
  • The price of a wreath is given in a graffito as three asses (p. 497).

  • For the wineshop in which the graffito was found, see Mau, Bull.