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octodecimo

Pronunciation: /ˌɒktəʊˈdɛsɪməʊ/
Definition of octodecimo

noun (plural octodecimos)

  • a size of book page resulting from folding each printed sheet into eighteen leaves (36 pages).
  • a book of octodecimo size.

Origin:

mid 19th century: from Latin in octodecimo 'in an eighteenth', from octodecimus 'eighteenth'

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