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/ˈpælɪmpsɛst/ · noun
A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written..
But on her he did not see even the palimpsest of a smile.
I also agree there's more instrumental development that needs doing. For all we know there's a fourth layer to the palimpsest.
Miraculously, the Stasi's record of Garton Ash's years in Berlin remained intact, and in his extraordinary book The File he recalls going back to Berlin, sifting through the material, and piecing together those years for himself. The result is a palimpsest of memories, observations recorded by informants and agents, and the recollections in his own diaries at that time.
... with the multilingual portmanteau words and phrases giving the text the quality of a palimpsest upon which multiple layers of textual meaning can be simultaneously detected.
Typically refers to a multi-layered work, e.g.: new ads covering old on a roadside sign.
Use palimpsest when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Palimpsest means A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written..
Common synonyms include codex rescriptus.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
But on her he did not see even the palimpsest of a smile.
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