Associations to the word «Footnote»

Wiktionary

FOOTNOTE, noun. A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text
FOOTNOTE, noun. (by extension) An event of lesser importance than some larger event to which it is related
FOOTNOTE, verb. To add footnotes to a text; to annotate.

Dictionary definition

FOOTNOTE, noun. A printed note placed below the text on a printed page.
FOOTNOTE, verb. Add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments; "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel".

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan