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Synonyms for palimpsest

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pal-imp-sest
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæl ɪmpˌsɛst

Top 10 synonyms for palimpsest
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Définition of palimpsest

Origin :
  • "parchment from which earlier writing has been removed to clear it for new writing," 1660s, from Latin palimpsestus, from Greek palimpsestos "scraped again," from palin "again" (see palindrome) + verbal adjective of psen "to rub smooth" (of uncertain origin).
  • As in manuscript : noun book, script
  • As in tabula rasa : noun blank slate
  • As in parchment : noun material for writing
Example sentences :
  • His soul must be like a palimpsest with the record of nation on nation.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • I scanned a leaf particularly and saw that it was a palimpsest.
  • Extract from : « A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Nature became for him a scroll, a palimpsest with daily mutations.
  • Extract from : « Green Fire » by Fiona Macleod
  • A palimpsest, now in the church chest, formerly at east end of nave.
  • Extract from : « A Comprehensive History of Norwich » by A. D. Bayne
  • He had corrected the palimpsest and recalled her as the Miss Webling whom he had met in London.
  • Extract from : « The Cup of Fury » by Rupert Hughes
  • The very lost races are a palimpsest to be deciphered by a seeing eye.
  • Extract from : « Bushido, the Soul of Japan » by Inazo Nitob
  • The letters, together with the other fragments in the palimpsest, were published at Rome in 1823.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 » by Various
  • It is easier to write on white paper than to make parchment ready for a palimpsest.
  • Extract from : « The Chief Periods of European History » by Edward A. Freeman
  • He is, and always has been, a sheath of varied and even incompatible possibilities, a palimpsest of inherited dispositions.
  • Extract from : « The World Set Free » by Herbert George Wells
  • The greater part of the palimpsest has, however, been deciphered and the text is now fairly complete.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 » by Various
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