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marginal.

marginal (written in the margin of a book)

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Meaning & usage

adj/maʁ.ʒi.nal/
  1. marginal (written in the margin of a book)

  2. margin, edge, marginal

    relational
    coût marginal
  3. fringe, fringy (outside the mainstream)

  4. secondary (of lesser importance)

Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin marginālis, from Latin margō (whence marge).

noun/maʁ.ʒi.nal/
  1. dropout, misfit (person that chooses to live on the fringes of society)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin marginālis, from Latin margō (whence marge).

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