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Assumed based on the context but first time seeing this word as far as I can remember. Palimpsest - a manuscript on which more than one text has been written w
by infecto 3y ago
Assumed based on the context but first time seeing this word as far as I can remember.
Palimpsest - a manuscript on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible.
- owendlamb 3y agoWebster's definition lacks the connotation of incompleteness, but otherwise you're spot on: http://www.websters1913.com/words/Palimpsest http://www.websters1913.com/words/Palimpsest I guess it's possible for a palimpsest's erasure to be complete to the naked eye, but for its original text to still be distinguishable outside the visible spectrum.