postil

From French postille (“marginal note”), from Late Latin postilla, probably from post illa (verba) (“after those (words)”)

• enPR: pŏs'təl, IPA^(key): /ˈpɒstɪl/, /ˈpɒstəl/
• Rhymes: -ɒstəl

postil (plural postils)

1. (archaic) A Bible commentary written in its margins.
2. A marginal note.
3. A short homily or commentary on a passage of Scripture.
4. A collection of homilies.

• apostil, apostille

From Late Latin postillo

postil (third-person singular simple present postils, present participle postiling or postilling, simple past and past participle postiled or postilled)

1. (transitive) To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to gloss.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

2. (intransitive) To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to postillate.

• postil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

• pilots, pistol, sploit, spoilt