verso
Americannoun
plural
versosnoun
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the back of a sheet of printed paper
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Also called: reverso. the left-hand pages of a book, bearing the even numbers Compare recto
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the side of a coin opposite to the obverse; reverse
Etymology
Origin of verso
1830–40; short for Latin in versō foliō on the turned leaf
Example Sentences
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“Sobekmose,” a masterwork containing about 100 spells, is unusual, in part, because it’s inscribed recto and verso.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Exterior becomes interior — or verso becomes recto — in Leedham’s wittily jumbled tableaux.
From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2022
The lawsuit claimed that agreements signed by the jewelers contained illegible contract text in verso and therefore “cannot be binding.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2022
Why not hang the painting on stanchions, so we can see the Nazi scar on the verso?
From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021
On the verso was a letter from Hattie to her mother.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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