marginalia
noun/mɑɹd͡ʒɪˈneɪli.ə/US/mɑːd͡ʒɪˈneɪli.ə/UK
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.
- derived from margō
- borrowed from marginālia
Definitions
Notes in the margin of a document.
- We know what the composer was thinking as he wrote the piece because we can read his handwritten marginalia on the manuscript.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for marginalia. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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