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{{short description| | {{short description|Latin phrase meaning "note well"}} | ||
{{about|the Latin phrase|the suite of applications for scholars|Nota Bene (word processor)}} | {{about|the Latin phrase|the suite of applications for scholars|Nota Bene (word processor)}} | ||
{{redirect|N.b.||NB (disambiguation)}} | {{redirect|N.b.||NB (disambiguation)}} | ||
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'''{{lang|la|Nota bene}}''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|n|oʊ|t|ə|_|ˈ|b|ɛ|n|eɪ|,_|ˈ|b|ɛ|n|i|,_|ˈ|b|iː|n|i}} {{respell|NOH|tə|_|BEN|ay|,_|BEN|ee|,_|BEE|nee}};<ref name=oed>{{Cite OED|term=nota bene|id=2426898483|access-date=2025-04-12|access=free}}</ref><ref name="collins" /> plural: '''{{lang|la|notate bene}}''') is the [[Latin language|Latin]] phrase meaning ''note well''.<ref name="collins">{{Cite Collins Dictionary|nota bene|access-date=2025-04-12}}</ref> | '''{{lang|la|Nota bene}}''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|n|oʊ|t|ə|_|ˈ|b|ɛ|n|eɪ|,_|ˈ|b|ɛ|n|i|,_|ˈ|b|iː|n|i}} {{respell|NOH|tə|_|BEN|ay|,_|BEN|ee|,_|BEE|nee}};<ref name=oed>{{Cite OED|term=nota bene|id=2426898483|access-date=2025-04-12|access=free}}</ref><ref name="collins" /> plural: '''{{lang|la|notate bene}}''') is the [[Latin language|Latin]] phrase meaning ''note well''.<ref name="collins">{{Cite Collins Dictionary|nota bene|access-date=2025-04-12}}</ref> | ||
In manuscripts, ''nota bene'' is abbreviated in upper-case as '''NB''' and '''N.B.''', and in lower-case as '''n.b.''' and '''nb'''; the editorial usages of ''nota bene'' and ''notate bene'' first appeared in the [[English writing style|English style of writing]] around the year 1711.<ref>{{cite book | In manuscripts, ''nota bene'' is abbreviated in upper-case as '''NB''' and '''N.B.''', and in lower-case as '''n.b.''' and '''nb'''; the editorial usages of ''nota bene'' and ''notate bene'' first appeared in the [[English writing style|English style of writing]] around the year 1711.<ref>{{cite book | ||
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-NAvAQAAMAAJ&q=Joseph%20Addison's%20passions%20of%20the%20fan&pg=PA283| page=283 | title=The Works of Joseph Addison| first=Joseph| last=Addison| author-link=Joseph Addison| publisher=W. W. Gibbings| year=1891}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/12030/12030-h/12030-h.htm#section102| title=No. 102 Wednesday, June 27, 1711| first=Joseph| last=Addison| author-link=Joseph Addison| publisher=[[Project Gutenberg]]| year=2004}}</ref><ref name="etymology">{{cite web| url =http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=nota+bene&allowed_in_frame=0| title=nota bene| work=Online Etymology Dictionary| author=Harper, Douglas| access-date = 2016-03-02}}</ref> In [[Modern English]], since the 14th century, the editorial usage of ''NB'' is common to the [[legal writing|legal style of writing]] of documents to direct the reader's attention to a thematically relevant aspect of the subject that qualifies the matter being litigated | | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-NAvAQAAMAAJ&q=Joseph%20Addison's%20passions%20of%20the%20fan&pg=PA283| page=283 | title=The Works of Joseph Addison| first=Joseph| last=Addison| author-link=Joseph Addison| publisher=W. W. Gibbings| year=1891}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/12030/12030-h/12030-h.htm#section102| title=No. 102 Wednesday, June 27, 1711| first=Joseph| last=Addison| author-link=Joseph Addison| publisher=[[Project Gutenberg]]| year=2004}}</ref><ref name="etymology">{{cite web| url =http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=nota+bene&allowed_in_frame=0| title=nota bene| work=Online Etymology Dictionary| author=Harper, Douglas| access-date = 2016-03-02}}</ref> In [[Modern English]], since the 14th century, the editorial usage of ''NB'' is common to the [[legal writing|legal style of writing]] of documents to direct the reader's attention to a thematically relevant aspect of the subject that qualifies the matter being litigated.<ref name="legalterms">{{cite web| url=http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/glossary-of-terms#N| title=nota bene| work=HM Courts & Tribunals Service – Glossary of terms – Latin| publisher=Her Majesty's Courts Service, United Kingdom| access-date=2012-09-28| archive-date=2012-10-03| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003024620/http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/glossary-of-terms#N | url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
[[File:18010319 Wife wanted ad - Maryland Gazette.png|thumb|right|275px|''Nota bene'' editorial usage: In 1801, the author of the “Wife-Wanted” newspaper advert used the uppercase N.B. editorial abbreviation to stipulate that only moral women need apply to marry him.]] | [[File:18010319 Wife wanted ad - Maryland Gazette.png|thumb|right|275px|''Nota bene'' editorial usage: In 1801, the author of the “Wife-Wanted” newspaper advert used the uppercase N.B. editorial abbreviation to stipulate that only moral women need apply to marry him.]] | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
{{wiktionary|nota bene|NB|N.B.|nb|n.b.|nota|D.M.|DM|manicule}} | {{wiktionary|nota bene|NB|N.B.|nb|n.b.|nota|D.M.|DM|manicule}} | ||
* | * {{anl|Annotation}} | ||
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* [[List of Latin abbreviations]] | * [[List of Latin abbreviations]] | ||
* [[List of Latin phrases]] | * [[List of Latin phrases]] | ||
* [[List of legal Latin terms]] | * [[List of legal Latin terms]] | ||
* {{anl|Quod vide|''q.v.''}} | |||
* {{anl|viz.}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 16:15, 12 December 2025
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