marginalia

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.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /mɑɹd͡ʒɪˈneɪli.ə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɑːd͡ʒɪˈneɪli.ə/
• Rhymes: -eɪliə
• Hyphenation: mar‧gi‧na‧lia

marginalia pl (normally plural, singular marginale)

1. Notes in the margin of a document.

   Synonyms: apostil, marginal note, gloss

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

   • 2008, Jennifer Summit, Memory's Library: Medieval Books in Early Modern England, page 170:

     In so doing, he transforms the Foxian compulsion to distinguish true martyrs from false ones —and thus to differentiate his own saint-making project from medieval hagiography—into a model of textual criticism, directed at detecting and desanctifying the false martyr through the critical medium of marginalia.

• marginalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed 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”).

• IPA^(key): /mar.d͡ʒiˈna.lja/
• Rhymes: -alja
• Hyphenation: mar‧gi‧nà‧lia

marginalia m pl (plural only)

1. marginalia

• marginalia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

marginālia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of marginālis

• marginalia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• marginalia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Borrowed from Latin marginalia.

marginalia f (uncountable)

1. marginalia