marginalia

noun /mɑɹd͡ʒɪˈneɪli.ə/

1. Notes in the margin of a document.

   We know what the composer was thinking as he wrote the piece because we can read his handwritten marginalia on the manuscript.

Where it comes from

From New Latin marginālia (cf. margināle (neuter singular (adjective / noun)), from Medieval Latin neuter plural of marginālis (“on the periphery”), from Latin margō (“border, edge”). By surface analysis, marginal + -ia. Compare margin.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry marginalia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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