TWENTY-FOURMO Definition & Meaning

twenty-fourmo

[twen-tee-fawr-moh, -fohr-, twuhn-]

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noun

plural

twenty-fourmos

a book size of about 3 5/8 × 5 1/8 inches (9 × 13 centimeters), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 24 leaves or 48 pages.
a book of this size. 24mo, 24°

adjective

in twenty-fourmo.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of twenty-fourmo¹

First recorded in 1835–45; twenty-four + -mo

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Here is a table full of old parchment-bound books, ranging from a tiny twenty-fourmo, which will stay neither open nor shut, to thin, limp folios that are instantly correspondent to either command.

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As in the case of the Chinese book, it looks superficially like ours; we think it is a tiny quarto until we see that its measure is rather that of an oblong twenty-fourmo; that is, its dimensions are just scant of five inches high and six inches wide.

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twenty-four-hour clock twenty-four-seven

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