[bksvol-discuss] Re: Elizabeth and Mary
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 09:55:05 -0500
<<lol>> Well, there you go! Now that is a good sales angle for you. Guido
really is a brilliant person, thoough I hate to admit it. <lol>
Sue S.
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From: "Stephen Baum" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 8:10 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Elizabeth and Mary
I guess this was my puzzle for the morning.
The word you are looking for is Palimpsest. Here is a definition:
palimpsest. noun. A manuscript, typically of papyrus or parchment, that
has been written on more than once, with the earlier writing incompletely
erased and often legible.
An object, place, or area that reflects its history: "Spaniards in the
sixteenth century . . . saw an ocean moving south . . . through a
palimpsest of bayous and distributary streams in forested paludal basins"
(John McPhee).
So, how did I get it? I used the dictionary feature of Kurzweil 1000. I was
pretty sure the spelling was wrong, and typed in "pali*". Palimpsest was
one of two words that began with "pali". The definition comes from the 4th
edition of the American Heritage dictionary.
Stephen
At 08:11 PM 5/11/2005, you wrote:
>ok I know this is a real word and that I know hwat it means...somewhere in
>my befuddled brain. I just have uh misplaced the meaning.
>
>What is "palynsest?" Is it a real word or did you make
>
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