palimpsest
n.
parchment or tablet that has been erased for reuse, writing surface that has been used and wiped clean
Palimpsest
A palimpsest is a
manuscript page, whether from
scroll or
book that has been written on, scraped off, and used again. The word "palimpsest" comes through Latin from
Greek παλιν + ψαω = ("again" + "I scrape"), and meant "scraped again."
Romans wrote on
wax-coated tablets that could be reused, and a passing use of the rather bookish term "palimpsest" by
Cicero seems to refer to this practice.
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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
(hypernym) manuscript, holograph
Palimpsest (der/das)
n.
palimpsest, parchment or tablet that has been erased for reuse
Palimpsest
(n.)
A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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