See palimpsest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written."
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"manuscript",
"manuscript"
],
[
"document",
"document"
],
[
"erase",
"erase"
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[
"paper",
"paper"
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[
"parchment",
"parchment"
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[
"vellum",
"vellum"
],
[
"medium",
"medium"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side."
],
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[
"brass",
"brass"
],
[
"reuse",
"reuse"
],
[
"engraving",
"engrave"
],
[
"back",
"back"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Astronomy"
],
"glosses": [
"Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity."
],
"links": [
[
"astronomy",
"astronomy"
],
[
"lunar",
"lunar"
],
[
"crater",
"crater"
],
[
"obliterate",
"obliterate"
],
[
"volcanic",
"volcano"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(astronomy) Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity."
],
"topics": [
"astronomy",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Geology"
],
"glosses": [
"Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface."
],
"links": [
[
"geology",
"geology"
],
[
"Geological",
"geological"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(geology) Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface."
],
"topics": [
"geography",
"geology",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Computing"
],
"glosses": [
"Memory that has been erased and re-written."
],
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(computing) Memory that has been erased and re-written."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one."
],
"qualifier": "cultural studies",
"raw_glosses": [
"(cultural studies) The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
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{
"ref": "2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 329:",
"text": "But on her he did not see even the palimpsest of a smile.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2005, Patrick Radden Keefe, Chatter:",
"text": "Miraculously, the Stasi's record of Garton Ash's years in Berlin remained intact, and in his extraordinary book The File he recalls going back to Berlin, sifting through the material, and piecing together those years for himself. The result is a palimpsest of memories, observations recorded by informants and agents, and the recollections in his own diaries at that time.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2015 April 28, Martha C. Carpentier, Joycean Legacies, Springer, →ISBN:",
"text": "... with the multilingual portmanteau words and phrases giving the text the quality of a palimpsest upon which multiple layers of textual meaning can be simultaneously detected.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"A text with several layers of meaning, especially pertaining to different points in time."
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈpælɪmpsɛst/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation",
"US"
]
},
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}
],
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{
"word": "codex rescriptus"
}
],
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭirs",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "طِرْس"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palimpsestu"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palimpsest"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"word": "palimpsest"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palimpseste"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palimpsesto"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Palimpsest"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "palímpsistos",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "παλίμψηστος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "palímpsēstos",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "παλίμψηστος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"word": "palimpszeszt"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "uppskafningur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "skafið handrit"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palinsesto"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palimpsēstus"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palimpsest"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palimpsest"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palimpsesto"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "palimpsest"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "palimpsést",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "палимпсе́ст"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palimpsest"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palimpsest"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "palimpsesto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "manuscript scraped clean for reuse",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "palimpsest"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "astronomy: Circular features believed to be lunar craters obliterated by volcanic activity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skafgígur"
}
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],
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"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
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"2": "la",
"3": "palimpsēstus"
},
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"name": "uder"
},
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "παλίμψηστος",
"4": "",
"5": "scraped again"
},
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],
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"form": "palimpsests",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "palimpsesting",
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"participle",
"present"
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"word": "pentimento"
}
],
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{
"glosses": [
"To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse."
],
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[
"scrape",
"scrape"
],
[
"clean",
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],
[
"reuse",
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{
"text": "Typically refers to a multi-layered work, e.g.: new ads covering old on a roadside sign."
}
],
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"On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day."
],
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[
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]
]
}
],
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}
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