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SEXTODECIMOS
Noun
sextodecimos
plural of sextodecimo
Anagrams
• decimosextos
Source: Wiktionary
SEXTODECIMO
Sex`to*dec"i*mo, a. Etym: [L. sextus-decimus the sixteenth; sextus the sixth (fr. sex six) + decimus the tenth, from decem ten. See - mo.]
Definition: Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; of, or equal to, the size of one fold of a sheet of printing paper when folded so as to make sixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages; as, a sextodecimo volume.
Sex`to*dec"imo, n.; pl. Sextodecimos (.
Definition: A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book;
– usually written 16mo, or 16º.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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