Associations to the word «Footnote»
Noun
Adjective
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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.