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Palimpsest

nounid 110680·updated May 18, 2026
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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

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plural
Palimpsests
possessive
Palimpsest's
pluralpossessive
Palimpsests'

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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

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