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palimpsestic

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pal⋅imp⋅sest

  [pal-imp-sest]
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–noun
a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.
Origin:
1655–65; < L palimpsēstus < Gk palímpsēstos rubbed again (pálin again + psēstós scraped, rubbed, verbid of psân to rub smooth)

Related forms:
pal⋅imp⋅ses⋅tic, adjective
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palimpsest 
"parchment from which earlier writing has been removed to clear it for new writing," 1661, from L. palimpsestus, from Gk. palimpsestos "scraped again," from palin "again" (see palindrome) + verbal adj. of psen "to rub smooth" (of unknown origin).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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