palimpsestuous

== English == === Alternative forms === palimpcestuous (rare) palincestuous === Etymology === 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. === Adjective === palimpsestuous (comparative more palimpsestuous, superlative most palimpsestuous) Pertaining to the textual relationality of a palimpsest; referential to earlier works or self-referential between several meanings of a single text. ==== Related terms ==== palimpsestic