sextodecimo

[ sek-stoh-des-uh-moh ]

noun,plural sex·to·dec·i·mos.

sixteenmo (def. 1).

adjective

sixteenmo (def. 3).

Origin of sextodecimo

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

Words Nearby sextodecimo

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How to use sextodecimo in a sentence

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) /

nounplural -mos

bookbinding another word for sixteenmo

Origin of sextodecimo

C17: from Latin sextusdecimus sixteenth

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