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   marginalia

   /ˌmɑːdʒɪˈneɪlɪə/

   plural

   • 1. notes written in the margins of a text: "the book was covered with marginalia"

   Word Origin early 19th century: from modern Latin, neuter plural of marginalis, from margo, margin- (see margin).

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   What does marginalia mean?

   • The meaning of MARGINALIA is marginal notes or embellishments (as in a book). How to use marginalia in a sentence. Where does marginalia come from?

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   What is a marginalia in a book?

   • Marginalia are the notes you scribble along the sides of the text in a book. When you buy a novel at a used book store, you may discover the previous owner's marginalia among its pages. The notes a student takes while reading often end up in the margins of the book.

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   What is marginalia and why is it important?

   • Marginalia refers to notes, drawings, or other annotations made in the margins of a book. For the last two centuries, it has been considered semi-private and even furtive, representing a silent communion with the author or an unknown reader. Marginalia is often undervalued and overlooked, existing on the margins of a book.

   Why I write in the margin | Books | The Guardian

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   What is the plural of marginalia?

   • The noun marginalia is plural only . The plural form of marginalia is also marginalia . Find more words! Few long marginalia projecting from the oscular margin may belong to an oscular spicule rim.

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   Is marginalia considered a performance?

   • For the last two centuries, marginalia has been considered almost furtive and semi-private, a silent communion with the author or the unknown reader who might pick up the book, secondhand, a generation later. However, the author questions if this public note-taking seems too much like performance. Marginalia is, by definition, something on the margins – undervalued and overlooked.

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   Why is marginalia important?

   • Marginalia may also be of relevance because many ancient or medieval writers of marginalia may have had access to other relevant texts that, although they may have been widely copied at the time, have since then been lost due to wars, prosecution, or censorship.

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   Marginalia are notes or embellishments in the margin of a text, or nonessential items. Learn the origin, usage, and examples of this word from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Marginalia are the notes you scribble along the sides of the text in a book. When you buy a novel at a used book store, you may discover the previous owner's marginalia among its pages.

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   Marginalia can add to or detract from the value of an association copy of a book, depending on the author of the marginalia and on the book. Catherine C. Marshall, doing research on the future of user interface design, has studied the phenomenon of user annotation of texts.

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   Marginalia are notes written in the margins of a book, manuscript, or letter. Learn the origin, usage, and synonyms of this literary term from various dictionaries and sources.

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   Marginalia are notes in the margin of a book, manuscript, or letter. Learn the origin, usage, and history of this word from Dictionary.com, with examples from literature and history.

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