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Related topics: History, Communicationspal·imp·sest /ˈpæləmpsest/ noun [countable] technical SHTCan ancient document on which the original writing has been covered over with new writing 〔古时原有文字被新内容覆盖的〕再生羊皮纸卷Examples from the Corpuspalimpsest• The whole discordant palimpsest of photographic realities with which we are daily bombarded is communicated in the microcosm of a single canvas.• Instead of adding a new layer to the palimpsest of the Great Plains, strip-mining destroys the palimpsest itself.Origin palimpsest (1600-1700) Latin palimpsestus, from Greek, from palin “again” + psen “to rub”pal·imp·sest nounChineseSyllable original writing an which document the on Corpus ancient |