palimpsestuous

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别名

palimpcestuous palincestuous

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Pertaining to the textual relationality of a palimpsest; referential to earlier works or self-referential between several meanings of a single text.

词源

From palimpsest + -ous by surface analysis, but also a humorous blend of palimpsest (“a text with several layers”) + incestuous (“involving relationships between related things”). Coined by Anthony Burgess (as palimpcestuous, with a suggested alternative form palincestuous to make the connection with incestuous clearer) to describe self-reference and the use of wordplay in the works of James Joyce.

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