marginalia
[mahr-juh-ney-lee-uh, -neyl-yuh]
- marginal notes.
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Origin of marginalia
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In an early number we propose to publish a selection from the letters of Lamb, and the "Marginalia" of Coleridge.
The Works of Charles and Mary LambCharles Lamb
Poe said in one of his Marginalia that the man who dared to write the story of his heart would fire the paper upon which he wrote.
IconoclastsJames Huneker
Essays and Marginalia, and Poems, with a memoir by his brother Derwent, appeared in 1851.
For the great owners of the past, certainly, we regret that they were so sparing in marginalia.
The Book-Hunter in LondonWilliam Roberts
Some of these marginalia were copied by subsequent scribes into the text, where, in our version, they still remain.
Who Wrote the Bible?Washington Gladden
marginalia
- notes in the margin of a book, manuscript, or letter
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Word Origin
C19: New Latin, noun (neuter plural) from marginālis marginal
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Word Origin and History for marginalia
n.
1832, from Latin marginalia, neuter plural of adjective marginalis "marginal," from marginis (see margin).
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