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marginaal

Pronunciation: /ˌmɑr.ɣiˈnaːl/

“marginaal” is a Dutch word. Its 8 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. marginal, in or at the margin or edge(s)
  2. at the edge; borderline; destitute
  3. socially outcast
  4. (almost) insignificant, of minor importance
  5. trashy

adverb

  1. marginally, slightly

noun

  1. a marginal person, an outcast
  2. a freak

Etymology

From French marginal, from Medieval Latin marginalis, itself from Latin margō (“edge”) (from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary”)) + -ālis (“-al”). By surface analysis, marge + -aal.

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