twelvemo

American

[twelv-moh] / ˈtwɛlv moʊ /

noun

duodecimo.

twelvemo British

/ ˈtwɛlvməʊ /

noun

bookbinding another word for duodecimo

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Inflected Forms

noun

twelvemos

plural

Etymology

Origin of twelvemo

First recorded in 1810–20; twelve + -mo

Example Sentences

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It was bound in two twelvemo green cloth volumes; it bore the date of 1850, and it was filled with pictorial illustrations of “The Personal History and Experiences of David Copperfield, the Younger.”

From A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs by Hutton, Laurence

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