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ALL meanings of palimpsest

pal·imp·sest
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  • noun palimpsest a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text. 1
  • noun palimpsest manuscript with traces of earlier text 1
  • noun palimpsest a manuscript on which two or more successive texts have been written, each one being erased to make room for the next 0
  • adjective palimpsest (of a text) written on a palimpsest 0
  • adjective palimpsest (of a document) used as a palimpsest 0
  • noun palimpsest a parchment, tablet, etc. that has been written upon or inscribed two or three times, the previous text or texts having been imperfectly erased and remaining, therefore, still partly visible 0
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