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apostil

American  
[uh-pos-til] / əˈpɒs tɪl /
Or apostille

noun

  1. a marginal annotation or note.


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