apostil

[uh-pos-til]

a·pos·til

[uh-pos-til]
noun
a marginal annotation or note.
Also, a·pos·tille.


Origin:
1520–30; < Middle French apostille, noun derivative of apostiller to add marginal notes, derivative, with a- a-5, of Medieval Latin postilla marginal note, perhaps from the phrase post illa (verba) after these (words), with illa construed as the Latin diminutive suffix
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Apostil is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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apostil (əˈpɒstɪl)
 
n
a marginal note
 
[C16: from French apostille, from Old French apostiller to make marginal notes, from Medieval Latin postilla, probably from Latin post illa (verba) after those (words)]

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