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octodecimo
[ok-tuh-des-uh-moh]
noun
plural
octodecimosa book size of about 4 × 6 1/4 inches (10 × 16 centimeters), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 18 leaves or 36 pages. 18mo, 18°
a book of this size.
adjective
in octodecimo.
octodecimo
/ ˌɒəʊˈɛɪəʊ /
noun
bookbinding another word for eighteenmo
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of octodecimo1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of octodecimo1
Example Sentences
Octodecimo, ok-tō-des′i-mō, adj. having eighteen leaves to the sheet, contracted 18mo.—adj.
Other sizes occasionally used are called “sixteenmo” or “sextodecimo,” “eighteenmo” or “octodecimo,” etc.
The whole of this transaction was, if I may so speak, in the naughty vanity of my heart, a sort of octodecimo illustration of the "VENI, VIDI, VICI" of a certain illustrious character of antiquity.
"It is from your Father in heaven,—behold it!" said he, in a dramatic accent, and pulling out of his breast-pocket a small octodecimo Bible.
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