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
Some of his notes are literally scrawled on the back—the verso in artistic terms—of the art, while others were clearly composed and submitted when the pieces were given over to the Navy.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025
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
On the verso was a letter from Hattie to her mother.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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