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graffito::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | graffiti |
| Type of | decoration, ornament, ornamentation |
Examples of graffito
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By the time the photo made it into The Guardian, this graffito had disappeared.
From the independent.co.uk
The graffito was duly erased with white paint before the ceremony.
From the time.com
How many crude graffito representations on the backs of toilet doors do either, for that matter?
From the newscientist.com
A graffito on a railway bridge is more likely to be art, most probably bad art, but art just the same.
From the guardian.co.uk
A graffito on the inside of a closet door at 50 Mass. Ave.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A prison graffito shows John Gonson hanging from the gallows.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The graffito under a Regent's Canal bridge in Camden, north London, which is thought to have ignited the feud.
From the guardian.co.uk
This is confirmed by a Pompeian graffito which calls 6 February 60 a Sunday, even though by modern reckoning it is a Wednesday.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Some scholars interpret the Alexamenos graffito, the earliest surviving depiction of the Crucifixion, as including such a foot-rest.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls
- Graffito (plural "graffiti"), in an archaeological context, has been created by humans since Homo sapiens have been traversing the Earth. There are even scratchings, doodlings, drawings, symbols, and art, etc. etched on bone pieces from prehistoric times.
- Graffito (ancient Italian word meaning scratched) is a two-colour drawing technique which creates the difference of colour by simulating the scratching of the painted surface.
- An informal inscription, as by a worker or vandal; A single instance of graffiti in the art/vandalism sense
- Mural scribbling and drawing by schoolboys and idlers in Pompeii, Rome and other ancient cities, plural: graffiti. See tag.
- Writing scratched on tile, pottery, plaster, etc.
