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How to pronounce “palimpsest”
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Pronunciation guide for palimpsest
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of palimpsest with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- How I'm discovering the secrets of ancient texts
from a 13th-century palimpsest.
- Definition summary
- 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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How to pronounce palimpsest
How I'm discovering the secrets of ancient texts
from a 13th-century palimpsest.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “palimpsest”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- 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.
- (archaic) Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side.
- (astronomy) Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.
- (geology) Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.
- (computing) Memory that has been erased and re-written.
- (cultural studies) The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one.
- Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.
- A text with several layers of meaning, especially pertaining to different points in time.
- [Verb]
- To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse.
- On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day.
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