verso

[ vur-soh ]
/ ˈvɜr soʊ /
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noun, plural ver·sos.Printing.

a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).

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Origin of verso

1830–40; short for Latin in versō foliō on the turned leaf

Words nearby verso

version, versioning, vers libre, vers-librist, vers-libriste, verso, verst, versus, vert, vertebr-, vertebra
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Words related to verso

reversal, leaf, surface, signature, side, folio, recto, about-face, antithesis, back, underside, regression, inverse, bottom, flip-flop, retrogression, reversion, converse, contradictory, antipode

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British Dictionary definitions for verso

verso
/ (ˈvɜːsəʊ) /

noun plural -sos

  1. the back of a sheet of printed paper
  2. Also called: reverso the left-hand pages of a book, bearing the even numbersCompare recto
the side of a coin opposite to the obverse; reverse

Word Origin for verso

C19: from the New Latin phrase versō foliō the leaf having been turned, from Latin vertere to turn + folium a leaf
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