tab‧u‧la ra‧sa /ˌtæbjələ ˈrɑːzə, ˌtæbjʊlə ˈrɑːzə/
noun [singular][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: 'writing board with everything cleaned off it']
literary your mind in its original state, before you have learned anything
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