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

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

Her works have been published in eighty-four volumes, duodecimo.

From Lives of Celebrated Women by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)

The well-known school book publishers of Philadelphia, Thomas, Cowperthwait, & Co., have just published a large duodecimo of five hundred and fifty-eight pages.

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

Inside the second enclosure was a small, duodecimo volume, in a tattered binding.

From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Marsh, Richard

Twelve′-mo, same as duodecimo, written 12mo; Twelve′-month, twelve months: a year.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various