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marginalia.

Notes in the margin of a document.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/mɑɹd͡ʒɪˈneɪli.ə/General-American/mɑːd͡ʒɪˈneɪli.ə/Received-Pronunciation
  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.
Where this word comes from

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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