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palimpsest
[ pal-imp-sest ]
noun
- a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
- something that has a new layer, aspect, or appearance that builds on its past and allows us to see or perceive parts of this past: Today's towering Romanesque-Gothic structure is a palimpsest, the result of numerous additions and reconstructions.
Most of what we actually see when we view any culture is a historical palimpsest, with traces of former times.
Today's towering Romanesque-Gothic structure is a palimpsest, the result of numerous additions and reconstructions.
Memory is a palimpsest that is continually being written over, but never perfectly so.
palimpsest
/ ˈæɪˌɛ /
noun
- a manuscript on which two or more successive texts have been written, each one being erased to make room for the next
adjective
- (of a text) written on a palimpsest
- (of a document) used as a palimpsest
Other 51Թ Forms
- 貹···پ [pal-imp-, ses, -tik] adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of palimpsest1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of palimpsest1
Example Sentences
The end result can evoke a palimpsest feel.
Each new power painted over its predecessors’ propaganda posters and insignia, leaving the province’s buildings a palimpsest of the war’s winners and losers.
After so many years, St. Mark’s Church is a palimpsest of memories for Mullins.
“They have this palimpsest of a billion years of history.”
“Just know that history is like a palimpsest manuscript. Know what that is?”
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