marginalia

handwritten marginalia

Meaning

Noun

Notes in the margin of a document.

Origin

From New Latin marginālia (cf. margināle, neuter singular (adjective / noun)), from Medieval Latin neuter plural of marginālis, from Latin margō ("border, edge"). Compare margin.

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