{"id":28627,"date":"2025-09-21T04:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T04:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/28627\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T04:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T04:34:08","slug":"word-of-the-day-21-september-2025-palimpsest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/28627\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the day, 21 September 2025: \u2018Palimpsest\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Literature Desk<\/p>\n

21 September 2025, 08:00 AM IST<\/p>\n

Whether in texts, cities, or our own memories, the word palimpsest captures the art of hidden layers and silent echoes<\/p>\n

\"Word<\/p>\n

Word of the day:\u00a0PALIMPSEST<\/p>\n

Pronunciaton:\u00a0 pa\u00b7limp\u00b7sest\u00a0\u00a0UK\/\u02c8p\u00e6l.\u026am.sest\/\u00a0 US\/\u02c8p\u00e6l.\u026amp.sest\/<\/p>\n

Meaning<\/p>\n

A palimpsest is a manuscript or document that has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing scraped or washed off to make space for new text.<\/p>\n

Origin and\u00a0History<\/p>\n

The word palimpsest\u00a0originates from the Greek word \u2018palimps\u0113stos\u2019, meaning rubbed again or scraped again.<\/p>\n

This term, in turn, is derived from palin (again) and ps\u0113stos (rubbed smooth).<\/p>\n

The word was adopted into Latin as \u2018palimpsestus\u2019\u00a0and eventually entered English in the 17th century.<\/p>\n

Examples from literature<\/p>\n

\u201cJust know that history is like a palimpsest manuscript. Know what that is?\u201d \u2013 The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
\n And then, deeper in the palimpsest, underneath the announcement signal and the primer, would be the real message. \u2013 Cosmos by Carl Sagan <\/p>\n

Synonyms<\/p>\n

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