Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
duodecimo (plural duodecimos)
(paper, printing) A size of paper, so called because it is originally made by folding and cutting a single sheet from a printing press into 12 leaves; (5 by 7¾ inches): 6.5 to 7.5 inches high, approximately 4.5 inches wide.
A sheet or page of that size.
(printing) A book having pages of that size.
• (paper size): twelvemo, 12mo, 12º
• (book size): twelvemo, 12mo, 12º, D
Source: Wiktionary
Du`o*dec"i*mo, a. Etym: [L. in duodecimo in twelfth, fr. duodecimus twelfth, fr. duodecim twelve. See Dozen.]
Definition: Having twelve leaves to a sheet; as, a duodecimo from, book, leaf, size, etc.
Du*o*dec"i*mo, n.; pl. Duodecimos (.
Definition: A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into twelve leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book;
– usually written 12mo or 12º.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.