different between obliterate vs palimpsest

English

Etymology

From Latin oblitter?tus, perfect passive participle of oblitter? (“blot out”), from oblin? (“smear over”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?l?t??e?t/

Verb

obliterate (third-person singular simple present obliterates, present participle obliterating, simple past and past participle obliterated)

1. To remove completely, leaving no trace; to wipe out; to destroy.
   • 1876, William Black, Madcap Violet

     The harsh and bitter feelings of this or that experience are slowly obliterated.

   • Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:destroy

Related terms

• obliteration

Translations

Italian

Verb

obliterate

1. second-person plural present indicative of obliterare
2. second-person plural imperative of obliterare
3. feminine plural of obliterato

Latin

Verb

obliter?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of obliter?

English

Etymology

From Latin palimps?stus, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (palímps?stos, “scraped again”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?pæl?mps?st/

Noun

palimpsest (plural palimpsests)

1. A manuscript or document that has been erased or scraped clean, for reuse of the paper, parchment, vellum, or other medium on which it was written.
2. (archaic) Monumental brasses that have been reused by engraving of the blank back side.
3. (astronomy) Circular features believed to be lunar craters that have been obliterated by later volcanic activity.
4. (geology) Geological features thought to be related to features or effects below the surface.
5. (computing) Memory that has been erased and re-written.
6. (cultural studies) The partial erasure of or superimposition on an older society or culture by a newer one.
7. Something bearing the traces of an earlier, erased form.
   • 2005, Patrick Radden Keefe, Chatter:

     Miraculously, the Stasi's record of Garton Ash's years in Berlin remained intact, and in his extraordinary book The File he recalls going back to Berlin, sifting through the material, and piecing together those years for himself. The result is a palimpsest of memories, observations recorded by informants and agents, and the recollections in his own diaries at that time.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:palimpsest.

Synonyms

• codex rescriptus

Derived terms

• palimpsestic

Translations

Verb

palimpsest (third-person singular simple present palimpsests, present participle palimpsesting, simple past and past participle palimpsested)

1. To scrape clean, as in parchment, for reuse.
2. On paper: to reuse, often by erasure or change of pen direction or color. Especially fueled by Earth Day.

   Typically refers to a multi-layered work, e.g.: new ads covering old on a roadside sign.

See also

• pentimento

Anagrams

• past simple, simple past, simple-past

Czech

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????????? (palímps?stos)

Noun

palimpsest m

1. palimpsest

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????????? (palímps?stos)

Noun

palimpsest c (singular definite palimpsesten, plural indefinite palimpsester)

1. palimpsest

Declension

References

• “palimpsest” in Den Danske Ordbog

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????????? (palímps?stos)

Noun

palimpsest m inan

1. palimpsest

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From French palimpseste, from Latin palimps?stus, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (palímps?stos, “scraped again”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pa.limp?sest]

Noun

palimpsest n (plural palimpseste)

1. palimpsest

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????????? (palímps?stos)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pal?mpsest/
• Hyphenation: pa?lim?psest

Noun

palìmpsest m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????)

1. palimpsest

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????????? (palímps?stos)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /palimpsé?st/

Noun

palimps??st m inan

1. palimpsest

Inflection