Topic: | Definition of a palimpsest | |
Posted by: | Mark Julian Raymond | |
Date/Time: | 24/11/19 01:58:00 |
Brian, Thank you! I was misinformed about the origins of the word Palimpsest. I do like your (correct) definition much better than my (incorrect) definition of the word. So, in my now better-informed world: palimpsest [ˈpalɪm(p)sɛst] NOUN a manuscript or piece of writing material on which later writing has been superimposed on effaced earlier writing. something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form. "Sutton Place is a palimpsest of the taste of successive owners" |