marginalia

[ mahr-juh-ney-lee-uh, -neyl-yuh ]

plural noun

1. marginal notes.

marginalia

/ ˌmɑːdʒɪˈneɪlɪə /

plural noun

1. notes in the margin of a book, manuscript, or letter

Word History and Origins

Origin of marginalia¹

1825–35; < New Latin, noun use of neuter plural of Medieval Latin marginālis marginal

Word History and Origins

Origin of marginalia¹

C19: New Latin, noun (neuter plural) from marginālis marginal

Example Sentences

Several dozen of these surviving Hitler books contain marginalia.

From The Daily Beast

For the great owners of the past, certainly, we regret that they were so sparing in marginalia.

From Project Gutenberg

Some of these marginalia were copied by subsequent scribes into the text, where, in our version, they still remain.

From Project Gutenberg

In his marginalia he compares the methods of expression of Shakespeare with those of Beethoven.

From Project Gutenberg

This was one of Friedrich Wilhelm's marginalia in response to such a thing; and the mutinous whimper died out again.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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