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Palimpsest

Palimpsest Meaning & Definition
Palimpsest Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Palimpsest?

[n] a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible

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See Also | holograph | manuscript

Palimpsest In Webster's Dictionary

\Pal"imp*sest\, n. [L. palimpsestus, Gr. ? scratched or scraped again, ? a palimpsest; ? again + ? to rub, rub away: cf. F. palimpseste.] A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second. --Longfellow.

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