Word: palimpsests
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: pa
limp
sests
Definition: Third-person singular 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 the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -es
Language: enm
Decoded: -es
Meaning: third person singular ending of verbs