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Meaning
Noun
●
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.
●
Monumental
brasses
that have been
reused
by
engraving
of the
blank
back side.
●
In Astronomy:
Circular
features
believed
to be
lunar
craters
that have been
obliterated
by
later
volcanic
activity.
●
In Geology:
Geological
features
thought
to be related to
features
or effects below the surface.
●
In Computing:
Memory that has been
erased
and re-written.
●
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.
Verb
●
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.
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Origin
palimpsest
English
palimpsestus
Latin
παλίμψηστος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
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Tapestry
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