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, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley