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personalia


personalia [pur-suh-ney-lee-uh, -neyl-yuh] ExamplesWord Origin plural noun

  1. personal belongings.
  2. biographical data, personal reminiscences, or the like: He could never keep the personalia out of his essays.

Origin of personalia 1900–05; Late Latin, neuter plural of Latin persōnālis personal Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for personalia Historical Examples of personalia

  • Mr Gosse in Personalia gives a different account, pp. 23, 24.

    Robert Browning

    Edward Dowden

  • The most interesting part of the book is that which is devoted to personalia.

    The Art of Letters

    Robert Lynd

  • He came into office, held it and left it without a single concession to Demos’ love of personalia.

    Mr. Punch’s History of the Great War

    Punch

  • One reason for this lack of personalia about a man who had a most vigorous personality is due to his dying request.

    Stories of Authors, British and American

    Edwin Watts Chubb

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