duodecimo

American  

[doo-uh-des-uh-moh, dyoo-] / ˌdu əˈdɛs əˌmoʊ, ˌdyu- /

noun

plural

duodecimos

1. Also called twelvemo.  a book size of about 5 × 7½ inches (13 × 19 centimeters), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 12 leaves or 24 pages. 12 mo, 12°

2. a book of this size.

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adjective

1. in duodecimo; twelvemo.

duodecimo British  

/ ˌdjuːəʊˈdɛsɪˌməʊ /

noun

1. Also called: twelvemo.  Often written: 12mo.   12°.  a book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper into twelve leaves

2. a book of this size

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Etymology

Origin of duodecimo

First recorded in 1650–60; short for Latin in duodecimō “in twelfth”

Example Sentences

The last work of the late Professor Stuart, a Commentary on the Book of Proverbs, has been published by M. W. Dodd, in a large duodecimo volume.

From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various

Hereupon, with a deeper flush, he drew from a large inside breast-pocket, that seemed to have been made for the purpose, a worn duodecimo volume, and fell to turning the much-fingered pages.

From Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame by Allen, James Lane

She put her hand in with a thrill of joy at her audacity, and brought out an old duodecimo of battered calf-skin.

From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth

S. A. A small duodecimo book of prayers, in German, without any title; with woodcuts.

From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by Macray, William Dunn

The English edition of his works consists of twenty-five duodecimo volumes.

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert