What is the definition of the word 'palimpsest'?

Answer 1

The definition of the word 'palimpsest' means a manuscript from a scroll or book on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing. It came from the Latin word 'palimpsestus', which means to scratched or scraped again.

Answer 2

A palimpsest is a manuscript page, manuscript, or piece of writing material that has been written on or inscribed more than once, often with the earlier writing incompletely erased or obscured by the later writing.