sgraffito

Plural: sgraffiti, sgraffitoes, sgraffitos

Noun

a ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground
A technique in ceramics, art and wall design, where the top layer of pigment or slip is scratched through to reveal an underlying layer.
An instance or sample of sgraffito.

Verb

To produce a design using this technique.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sgraffito, from s- (“out”) + graffito (past participle of graffire), ultimately from Ancient Greek γράφειν (gráphein, “to write or scratch”).

Scrabble Score: 16

sgraffito is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sgraffito is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sgraffito is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

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