Writing on the wall

• The writing on the wall?
• A rude decoration inscribed on rocks or walls

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context chiefly uncountable English) A form of vandalism involving painting text or images in public places. 2 (context chiefly uncountable English) A form of art involving painting text or images in public places. 3 (context archaeology countable ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Graffiti \Graf*fi"ti\, n. pl. [It., pl. of graffito scratched] Inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs, or at Pompeii. any writings or drawings on a surface in a public place, placed there ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1851, for ancient wall inscriptions found in the ruins of Pompeii, from Italian graffiti, plural of graffito "a scribbling," a diminutive formation from graffio "a scratch or scribble," from graffiare "to scribble," ultimately from Greek graphein "to scratch, ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Graffiti is a computer program which makes conjectures in various subfields of mathematics (particularly graph theory ) and chemistry , but can be adapted to other fields. It was written by Siemion Fajtlowicz at the University of Houston . Research on conjectures ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
See graffito