PALIMPSEST

palimpsest

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

palimpsest (plural palimpsests)

A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written.

(archaic) Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side.

(astronomy) Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.

(geology) Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.

(computing) Memory that has been erased and re-written.

(cultural studies) The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one.

Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.

Synonyms

• codex rescriptus

Verb

palimpsest (third-person singular simple present palimpsests, present participle palimpsesting, simple past and past participle palimpsested)

To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse.

On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day.

Anagrams

• past simple, simple past, simple-past

Source: Wiktionary

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Pal"imp*sest, n. Etym: [L. palimpsestus, Gr. palimpseste.]

Definition: A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second. Longfellow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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