recto
(noun) right-hand page
Source: WordNet® 3.1
recto (plural rectos)
The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.
(printing) The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.
(legal) A writ of right.
• (front side of a flat object): front
• (front side of a flat object): verso, flipside
• (right-hand page of a book): reverso
• Corte, Ector
Source: Wiktionary
Rec"to- (rk"t*).
Definition: A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the rectum; as, recto-vesical.
Rec"to, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. LL. breve de recto. See Right.] (Law)
Definition: A writ of right.
Rec"to, n. Etym: [Cf. F. recto.] (Print.)
Definition: The right-hand page; -- opposed to verso.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
