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Definition palimpsest

Etymology

From Latin palimps?stus, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (palímps?stos, “scraped again”).

Noun

palimpsest (plural palimpsests)

  1. 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.
  2. (archaic) Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side.
  3. (astronomy) Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.
  4. (geology) Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.
  5. (computing) Memory that has been erased and re-written.
  6. (cultural studies) The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one.
  7. Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.

Verb

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

  1. To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse.
  2. On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day.

Results 466 Words with the letters PALIMPSEST

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5 letter words with the letters PALIMPSEST 
4 letter words with the letters PALIMPSEST 
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3 letter words with the letters PALIMPSEST 
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AIM 6
AIS 3
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AMP 9
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2 letter words with the letters PALIMPSEST 
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