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graffiti [gruh-fee-tee] Origin graf·fi·ti [gruh-fee-tee] Show IPA noun 1. plural of graffito. 2. ( used with a plural verb ) markings, as initials, slogans, or drawings, written, spray-painted, or sketched on a sidewalk, wall of a building or public restroom, or the like: These graffiti are evidence of the neighborhood's decline. 3. ( used with a singular verb ) such markings as a whole or as constituting a particular group: Not much graffiti appears around here these days. Origin: 1850–55; < Italian, plural of graffito incised inscription or design, derivative with -ito -ite2 of graffiare to scratch, perhaps influenced by presumed Latin *graphīre to write; both probably derivative of Latin graphium stylus < Greek grapheîon; compare graphic, grapho-, graft1
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graf·fi·tist, nounUsage note In formal speech and writing graffiti takes a plural verb. In less formal contexts it is sometimes considered a mass noun and is used with a singular verb. The singular graffito is found mostly in archaeological and other technical writing.
