octavo
noun
a book size of about 6 × 9 inches (16 × 23 centimeters), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 8 leaves or 16 pages. 8vo, 8°
octavos
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pluralof octavo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But these small octavos have just the look of promise; they are thin, too, as it would be; and what period more likely for it than that sixteenth century to which they so obviously belong?
From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Jane Addams
Dr. Milles’s quarto and Mr. Bryant’s octavos are on my table, ready to be packed in your parcel.
From Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley (1782) by James M. Kuist
This process went on for a while, until Susan had worked down among the octavos, and Master Gridley had worked up among the quartos.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 by Various
Professor of Physiology in the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. Two royal octavos of about 600 pages each, illustrated.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre
There were forty-eight folios and one hundred and twenty-one octavos.
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle
