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June 10[edit]

Trying to remember a word[edit]

I ran across a definition a while back and now I can't remember the word for it. Could anyone help? The word was defined as having painted over an older painting or using an old canvas. There's a word for it that, for the life of me, I just can't recall and it's really bugging me. Thanks, Dismas|^(talk) 00:37, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You don't mean palimpsest by any chance? That is the reuse of parchment, rather than cavas, but it has a similar meaning. AndyTheGrump (talk) 00:40, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pentimento. Matt Deres (talk) 00:43, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently, I was wrong about the definition as well. I was thinking of palimpsest but now have a new word with pentimento! Thanks to both of you, not only for helping me remember what I had forgotten but adding to what I know as well! Dismas|^(talk) 01:02, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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