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palimpsest

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈpælɪmpsɛst/Part of speech nounSorted aeilmppsstStarts with PEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A reused manuscript or surface where earlier writing remains partly visible.

Word origin

From Latin palimpsēstus, from Ancient Greek παλίμψηστος (palímpsēstos, “scraped again”).

Used in a sentence

  • But on her he did not see even the palimpsest of a smile.
  • I also agree there's more instrumental development that needs doing. For all we know there's a fourth layer to the palimpsest.
  • ... with the multilingual portmanteau words and phrases giving the text the quality of a palimpsest upon which multiple layers of textual meaning can be simultaneously detected.

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