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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: palimpsestus, from Greek, from palin 'again' + psen 'to rub'

palimpsest

 noun
     
Related topics: History, Communications
pal‧imp‧sest [countable] technical
SHTC an ancient document on which the original writing has been covered over with new writing
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