sextodecimo
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adjective
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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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