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noun
1.
the act or practice of marking the skin with indelible patterns, pictures, legends, etc., by making punctures in it and inserting pigments.
2.
a pattern, picture, legend, etc., so made.
verb (used with object)
3.
to mark (the skin) with tattoos.
4.
to put (tattoos) on the skin.
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Tattooer
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Origin:
1760–70; < Marquesan tatu; replacing tattow < Tahitian tatau
1760–70; < Marquesan tatu; replacing tattow < Tahitian tatau
Related forms
tat·too·er, tat·too·ist, noun
un·tat·tooed, adjective
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