See Also: enosimania(medicine)

palimpsest (oh) and enosimania (medicine)


palimpsest (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: palimpsestus, from Greek, from palin 'again' + psen 'to rub']
an ancient document on which the original Writing has been covered over with new Writing

enosimania (medicine)


enosimania
<psychiatry> Rarely used term for the obsessive belief of having committed an unpardonable offense.

Origin: G. Enosis, a quaking, + mania, insanity