Meaning & use
Palimpsestic
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Having the quality of a palimpsest; bearing visible traces of earlier layers beneath a later, altered surface.
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The old city's architecture is palimpsestic, with Roman foundations visible beneath medieval walls.
Critics described her novel's structure as palimpsestic, layering multiple timelines over one another.
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Derived from 'palimpsest,' a manuscript page that was scraped clean and reused, yet still shows faint traces of the original writing.
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