Palimpsest - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈpælɪmpsest|
Brit.
|ˈpælɪm(p)sest|
noun
- 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
Extra examples
The ancient city is an architectural palimpsest.
The old writing was sponged off and the sheet was used as a palimpsest.
Word forms
noun
singular: palimpsest
plural: palimpsests
singular: palimpsest
plural: palimpsests
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