personalia
Americanplural noun
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personal belongings.
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biographical data, personal reminiscences, or the like.
He could never keep the personalia out of his essays.
Etymology
Origin of personalia
First recorded in 1860–65; from Late Latin, neuter plural of Latin persōnālis; person + -al 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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It is not easy to make an effort and to remember all the little personalia of some one one has loved very much, and by whom one has been loved.
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See Carey's chapter, "Franklin's Influence on Adam Smith," for an exhaustive survey of the personalia linking Adam Smith and Franklin.
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Several years ago when she met my husband she volunteered to write some nice little personalia about him.
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My aunt received these personalia cheerfully, with her blue eyes flitting from point to point, and coming back again and again to the pinched faces of the daughters and the cross upon the eldest's breast.
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