apostil

or a·pos·tille

[ uh-pos-til ]

noun
  1. a marginal annotation or note.

Origin of apostil

1
1520–30; <Middle French apostille, noun derivative of apostiller to add marginal notes, derivative, with a-a-5, of Medieval Latin postilla marginal note, perhaps from the phrase post illa (verba) after these (words), with illa construed as the Latin diminutive suffix

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British Dictionary definitions for apostil

apostil

/ (əˈpɒstɪl) /


noun
  1. a marginal note

Origin of apostil

1
C16: from French apostille, from Old French apostiller to make marginal notes, from Medieval Latin postilla, probably from Latin post illa (verba) after those (words)

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