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Marginalia

//mɑɹd͡ʒɪˈneɪli.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Notes in the margin of a document. plural, plural-normally

    "We know what the composer was thinking as he wrote the piece because we can read his handwritten marginalia on the manuscript."

  2. 2
    notes written in the margin wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin marginālia (cf. margināle (neuter singular (adjective / noun)), from Medieval Latin neuter plural of marginālis (“on the periphery”), from Latin margō (“border, edge”). By surface analysis, marginal + -ia. Compare margin.

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