also: パランプセスト
noun
palimpsest
A manuscript page from which the text has been scraped or washed off so that it can be reused. Used in historical and literary contexts.
この写本はパリンプセストで、下の層に古代のテキストが残っている。
This manuscript is a palimpsest, with an ancient text remaining in the lower layer.
Standard katakana form for the English loanword 'palimpsest'.
Variant spelling; less common than パリンプセスト.
Borrowed from English 'palimpsest', ultimately from Ancient Greek παλίμψηστος (palímpsēstos, 'scraped again').