Meaning & use
Palimpsests
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Manuscripts or documents on which the original writing has been scraped or washed off to make room for new text, with traces of the earlier writing still visible.
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Scholars used ultraviolet light to recover the faint text beneath the medieval palimpsests.
The old city felt like a palimpsest, each era's architecture layered over the last.
A note on using this word
From the Greek 'palimpsestos,' meaning 'scraped again,' reflecting the ancient practice of reusing expensive writing material such as parchment.
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