sextodecimo

[ sek-stoh-des-uh-moh ]

/ ˌsɛk stoʊˈdɛs əˌmoʊ /

Printing.

noun, plural sex·to·dec·i·mos.

sixteenmo(def 1).

adjective

sixteenmo(def 3).

Words nearby sextodecimo

sextic, sextile, sextillion, sexting, sexto, sextodecimo, sexton, sextuple, sextuplet, sextuplex, sextuplicate

Origin of sextodecimo

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

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Examples from the Web for sextodecimo

Other sizes occasionally used are called “sixteenmo” or “sextodecimo,” “eighteenmo” or “octodecimo,” etc.
The Story of Books|Gertrude Burford Rawlings

British Dictionary definitions for sextodecimo

sextodecimo

/ (ˌsɛkstəʊˈdɛsɪˌməʊ) /

noun plural -mos

bookbinding another word for sixteenmo

Word Origin for sextodecimo

C17: from Latin sextusdecimus sixteenth

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