About The Word Palimpsest
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Palimpsest
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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
Synonyms | Synonyms for Palimpsest: Related Terms | Find terms related to Palimpsest: 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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