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Definition of "marginalia" [‖Mar•gi•na•li•a]

  • Notes in the margin or margins of a book. (noun-plural)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "marginalia" in a sentence
  • "To get a book that has someone else's marginalia is even more special somehow."
  • "Suppose the men who deny the good faith of your marginalia are the small-souled creatures you would have us believe they are, they do not make this denial upon their personal responsibility merely; they produce facts."
  • "Sharp readers will have noticed that, as it's currently designed, the entry's body is the same width as the page's title (700 px), and the marginalia is the same width as the leftmost column we styled earlier (124 px)."
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