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palimpsests

palimpsests is the plural of palimpsest.

palimpsests is the third-person singular simple present indicative of palimpsest.

Meaning of palimpsest

Noun

palimpsest (plural palimpsests)

  1. 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.
  2. (archaic) Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side.
  3. Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.
  4. Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.
  5. Memory that has been erased and re-written.
  6. (cultural studies) The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one.

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Questions about palimpsests

What is palimpsests the plural of?
Palimpsests is the plural of palimpsest.

Words near palimpsests in the dictionary

  1. palimpsest
  2. palimpsested
  3. palimpsestic
  4. palimpsestically
  5. palimpsesting
  6. palimpsests
  7. palimpsestuous
  8. Palin
  9. palin-
  10. Palin-esque
  11. Palin-ism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palimpsests (page history and authors); palimpsest (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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