Palimpsest (noun)
palimpsest [pal-imp-sest]

noun
1. a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text.

Origin: 1655-65; < Latin palimpsēstus < Greek palímpsēstos rubbed again ( pálin again + psēstós scraped, rubbed, verbid of psân to rub smooth)

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