palincestuous

English

Etymology

Blend of palimpsest +‎ incestuous, spelled to emphasise incestuous.

Adjective

palincestuous (comparative more palincestuous, superlative most palincestuous)

1. (rare) Alternative form of palimpsestuous.
   • 1987, Current Research in French Studies at Universities and University Colleges in the United Kingdom:

     Palincestuous relationships : a temporal reading of Michel Tournier's Le Médianoche amoureux

   • 2008 February 21, W. D. Redfern, French Laughter: Literary Humour from Diderot to Tournier, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

     This is the wordplayer's ad hoc approach: recycle the existent. It makes Tournier, like Joyce, a 'palincestuous' writer.

   • 2017 December 8, Ben Masters, Novel Style: Ethics and Excess in English Fiction since the 1960s, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 57:

     This is the palincestuous technique at its most productive, where the prose is expansive rather than reductive, always working to enliven the sensibility of the reader.