- Noun: Palimpest
- writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased
- something having usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface
- Synonyms:
- article
- document
- text
- diploma
- papyrus
- scroll
- Usage:
- “In some cases, the long history of expulsions echoes down the years in the changing names of a particular place; a living palimpest in which one period of history is erased and replaced by another. “
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