apostil

American  

[uh-pos-til] / əˈpɒs tɪl /

Or apostille

noun

1. a marginal annotation or note.

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apostil British  

/ əˈpɒstɪl /

noun

1. a marginal note

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Etymology

Origin of apostil

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