Marginalia Definition
märjə-nālē-ə
noun
Marginal notes.
Webster's New World
Notes in the margin of a document.
We actually know what the composer was thinking as he wrote the piece because we can read his handwritten marginalia on the manuscript.
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Origin of Marginalia
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New Latin neuter pl. of Medieval Latin marginālis marginal from Latin margō margin- margin margin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From New Latin, from Medieval Latin neuter plural of marginalis (“on the periphery"), from Latin margo (“border, edge")
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