Word: palimpsests
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pa
limp
sests
Definition: Plural of palimpsest; 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
Morphemes:
Affix: palimpsest
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: 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.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: παλίμψηστος
Language: grc
Decoded: palimpsestos
Meaning: scraped again
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).