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sextodecimo

American  
[sek-stoh-des-uh-moh] / ˌsɛk stoʊˈdɛs əˌmoʊ /

noun

plural

sextodecimos

  1. sixteenmo.

adjective

  1. sixteenmo.

sextodecimo British  
/ ˌsɛkstəʊˈdɛsɪˌməʊ /

noun

  1. bookbinding another word for sixteenmo

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Etymology

Origin of sextodecimo

1680–90; < Latin sextōdecimō, ablative singular of sextusdecimus sixteenth

Example Sentences

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As soon as a printer had learnt to print two folio pages together, it became easy to print four quarto pages, or eight octavo pages, or sixteen sextodecimo pages.

From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)

A smaller type, of the size known as pica, was next put in hand, and a pocket Greek Testament in sextodecimo printed with it in 1546.

From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)

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