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.

  1. derived from margō
  2. borrowed from marginālia

Definitions

  1. 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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