Word of the Day

Marginalia

July 9, 2025

/ˌmärjəˈnālyə/

noun

notes written in the margins of a book

Open an old paperback, spangled with marginalia in a handwriting you outgrew long ago, and memories will jump out with as much vigor as if you’d opened your old diary.

- Anne Fadiman (1953- )
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