Palimpsestic anyone?

[clarie]

Does anyone know what the word palimpsestic means? Can't find it in the dictionary!

[marky]

http://www.palimpsestic.org/ :D

[zing_deleted]

could be something to do with art or arcitecture? ive found links for both heres an artistic one http://www.palimpsestic.org/

beaten lol

[cara08]

palimpsest /'palDownload Failed (1)m(p)sDownload Failed (1)st/



→ n.
1. a parchment or other surface in which later writing has been superimposed on effaced earlier writing.
2. something bearing visible traces of an earlier form.

- DERIVATIVES palimpsestic adj.
- ORIGIN C17: via L. from Gk palimpsDownload Failed (1)stos, from palin †˜againâà ¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€Š¾Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ + psDownload Failed (1)stos †˜rubbed smoothââ‚Ã⠀šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢.



(From The Concise Oxford English Dictionary)

[zing_deleted]

palimpsest /'palDownload Failed (1)m(p)sDownload Failed (1)st/



→ n.
1. a parchment or other surface in which later writing has been superimposed on effaced earlier writing.
2. something bearing visible traces of an earlier form.

- DERIVATIVES palimpsestic adj.
- ORIGIN C17: via L. from Gk palimpsDownload Failed (1)stos, from palin †˜againâà ¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€Š¾Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ + psDownload Failed (1)stos †˜rubbed smoothââ‚Ã⠀šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢.



(From The Concise Oxford English Dictionary)

Well found :tu:

[Halcyon]

Interesting word that. Out of curiosity where abouts did you find it ?

[zing_deleted]

I think Russ sneezed and it was thought "oh that sounds like a word lets see what it means" ;) :D

[MetaWraith]

Just for reference www.onelook.com (http://www.onelook.com) found Palimpsest in 29 different dictionaries.

[clarie]

Thanks people. I came across the word in a literary theory book I was reading. The definitions given kind of match what I think the guy is saying so I think I will assume that he wanted his text to sound proper good like, so he took an old word, added a few letters, and decided a slightly new meaning for it.

[Theodoric]

palimpsest /'palhttp://aol.oxfordreference.com/data/unicode/ipa/shti.gifm(p)shttp://aol.oxfordreference.com/data/unicode/ipa/ope.gifst/



→ n.
1. a parchment or other surface in which later writing has been superimposed on effaced earlier writing.
2. something bearing visible traces of an earlier form.

- DERIVATIVES palimpsestic adj.
- ORIGIN C17: via L. from Gk palimpsDownload Failed (1)stos, from palin †˜againâà ¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€Š¾Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¢ + psDownload Failed (1)stos †˜rubbed smoothââ‚Ã⠀šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢.

(From The Concise Oxford English Dictionary)
Yes, parchment didn't grow on trees (more like animals, I suppose) in those days. You couldn't pop down to W H Smiths and get a new parchment pad for a few groats.

And don't forget the similar phrase, a tabula rasa, an erased tablet or a blank sheet.