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sextern

[ sek-stern ]

/ ˈsɛk stərn /

noun Bookbinding.

six gathered sheets folded in two for binding together.

Words nearby sextern

sext, sextain, sextan, sextans, sextant, sextern, sextet, sextic, sextile, sextillion, sexting

Origin of sextern

1880–85; < Medieval Latin sexternum, equivalent to Latin sex six + -ternum, as in Vulgar Latin *quaternum (see quire¹)

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