marginalia
1 synonym for marginalia, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Comments written in the margin of a page.
Etymology
Comes from New Latin marginālia (compare margināle, a neuter singular adjective/noun), itself the Medieval Latin neuter plural of marginālis (“on the periphery”), which traces back to Latin margō (“border, edge”). Taken at face value, it looks like marginal plus -ia. Compare margin.
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