Marginalia
//mɑɹd͡ʒɪˈneɪli.ə// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 notes written in the margin wordnet
Example
More examples"We know what the composer was thinking as he wrote the piece because we can read his handwritten marginalia on the manuscript."
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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