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The meaning of PALIMPSEST is writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased. How to use palimpsest in a sentence.
In textual studies, a palimpsest (/ ˈ p æ l ɪ m p s ɛ s t /) is a manuscript page, either from a scroll or a book, from which the text has been scraped or washed off in preparation for reuse in the form of another document.
Palimpsest definition: a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.. See examples of PALIMPSEST used in a sentence.
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a very old text or document in which writing has been removed and covered or replaced by new writing. formal. something such as a work of art that has many levels of meaning, types of style, etc. that build on each other: His performance is a palimpsest in which you see all the layers of a single life.
a very old text or document in which writing has been removed and covered or replaced by new writing. formal. something such as a work of art that has many levels of meaning, types of style, etc. that build on each other: His performance is a palimpsest in which you see all the layers of a single life.
Definitions of palimpsest. noun. a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible. see more.
1. technical : a very old document on which the original writing has been erased and replaced with new writing. 2. formal : something that has changed over time and shows evidence of that change. The ancient city is an architectural palimpsest. a palimpsest of memories.
