Palimpsest Mnemonic

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palimpsest

palimpsest

/ˈpælɪmpsɛst/

codex rescriptus

Examples

a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible

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"Palm + Im + Pests. An ancient scroll in palm, rewritten, bugs infest."

"Palm + Im + Pest. A palm tree where I'm a pest, rewriting history on its leaves."

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