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Palimpsest - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Palimpsest : (noun)
1: 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
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Palimpsest : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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