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| pal·imp·sest [ pállimp sèst ] |
noun (plural pal·imp·sests) |
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overwritten manuscript: a manuscript written over a partly erased older manuscript in such a way that the old words can be read beneath the new
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adjective |
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overwritten: describes a document that has been overwritten
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| [Mid-17th century. Via Latin< Greek palimpsestos "something rubbed smooth again" < palin "again, back" + form of psēn "rub smooth"] |
