supralinear

adjective

su·​pra·​linear

"+

: situated above the regular lines of a text

supralinear and marginal comments

usually : of, relating to, or being a system of Masoretic writing in which the vowels appear immediately above the consonants

Word History

Etymology

supra- + Latin linea line + English -ar

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