noun
marginalia
Marginalia (noun) means Comments written in the margin of a page.
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Comments written in the margin of a page.
"We know what the composer was thinking as he wrote the piece because we can read his handwritten marginalia on the manuscript."
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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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What is the meaning of marginalia?
"marginalia" (noun) means comments written in the margin of a page.
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