† marginalicadj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: marginal adj., -ic suffix.
Etymology: < marginal adj. + -ic suffix, after marginalia n. N.E.D. (1905) indicates the pronunciation as (māɹdʒinæ·lik) /mɑːdʒɪˈnælɪk/.
Obsolete.
a1849 E. A. Poe Marginalia in (1864) III. 484 A model of manners, with a richly marginalic air.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2019).