Palimpsest
['pælɪm(p)sest] or ['pælɪmpsɛst]
Definition
(noun.) a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible.
Typist: Vern--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second.
Checker: Scott
Definition
n. a manuscript which has been written upon twice the first writing having been rubbed off to make room for the second: an engraved brass plate with a new inscription on the reverse side.
Editor: Rebekah
Examples
- It will be harder to read now than that palimpsest. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Well, Watson, it's as well we have not to turn out to-night, said Holmes, laying aside his lens and rolling up the palimpsest. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Ronda