graffito

created by Pseudo_Intellectual
(idea) by Pseudo_Intellectual (6.1 d) (print)   (I like it!) Wed Mar 08 2000 at 11:25:34
Singular form of graffiti.

CLASS REVOLUTON is a graffito, but when it becomes accompanied by the addendum "BECAUSE THERE IS NO 'I' IN REVOLUTION" they become graffiti, though each statement still stands on its own as a graffito.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Fri Jan 06 2006 at 4:00:21

Graf*fi"to (?), n. [It., fr. graffio a scratching.] (Art)

Production of decorative designs by scratching them through a surface of layer plaster, glazing, etc., revealing a different-colored ground; also, pottery or ware so decorated; -- chiefly used attributively.

 

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