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   Pal·imp·sest

   /ˈpaləm(p)ˌsest/

   

   noun

   • 1. a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain.
   • ▪ something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form: "Sutton Place is a palimpsest of the taste of successive owners"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: via Latin from Greek palimpsēstos, from palin ‘again’ + psēstos ‘rubbed smooth’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. palimpsestic adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • P

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   • A

     1

   • L

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   • I

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   • M

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   • P

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   • S

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   • E

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   • S

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   • T

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