palimpsest /pa-limp-sest/ .n. 1. a parchment on which writing has been applied over earlier writing
which has been erased. 2 something used again or altered but still bearing traces of its earlier form: the house is a palimpsest of the taste of successive owners. .ORIGIN from Greek palin 'again' - psestos 'rubbed smooth'
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