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1. To beat or whip, severely punish
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| A palimpsest is a manuscript page from a scroll or book from which the text has been scraped off and which can be used again. The word "palimpsest" comes through Latin from Greek παλιν + ψαω = (palin "again" + psao "I scrape"), and meant "scraped (clean and used) again." Romans wrote on wax-coated tablets that could be smoothed and reused, and a passing use of the term "palimpsest" by Cicero seems to refer to this practice. |
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| Keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration. |
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1.(n) A written message; letter.
2.(adj) sent or about to be sent, especially of a letter from an official source. |
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| Inexperienced and immature |
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| Childishly silly and trivial |
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| Naive, simplistic, and superficial |
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| Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy; verbose. |
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| Serving no practical purpose or result. |
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