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palimpsest
/ˈpælɪmpsɛst/
noun 5verb 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
multiple
VERB + PALIMPSEST
like, looking, see
PREP.
upon
Definitions
noun
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
Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side.
3
Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.
4
Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.
5
Memory that has been erased and re-written.
verb
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.
Typically refers to a multi-layered work, e.g.: new ads covering old on a roadside sign.
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But on her he did not see even the palimpsest of a smile.
Wiktionary02
Miraculously, the Stasi's record of Garton Ash's years in Berlin remained intact, and in his extraordinary book The File he recalls going back to Berlin, sifting through the material, and piecing toge
Wiktionary03
... with the multilingual portmanteau words and phrases giving the text the quality of a palimpsest upon which multiple layers of textual meaning can be simultaneously detected.
Wiktionary04
Typically refers to a multi-layered work, e.g.: new ads covering old on a roadside sign.
Wiktionary05
The eraser you lent me doesn't work very well, which combined with my perfectionism led to my sketch looking like a palimpsest.
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