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graffiti
/ɡɹəˈfi.ti/
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What does graffiti mean?
noun
- Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.
- Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.
verb
- To mark a surface with such images.
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They saw catacombs--the Tombs of the Kings--some of which were scrawled with graffiti, laboured perhaps by some idle Nabathaean boy in the time of Christ.
It is well known that they were supposed not only to be eaters of human flesh but also ass-worshippers, and among the Roman graffiti, the most famous is the one found on the Palatino, showing a man worshipping a cross on which is suspended a figure with the head of an ass (see Minucius Felix, “Octavius” IX.; Tacitus, “Historiae” v. 3; Tertullian, “Apologia”, etc.).