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duodecimo Definition

duo·deci·mo (-mō′)

noun pl. -·mos′

  1. a page size (about 5 by 7 in), of a printer's sheet
  2. a book with pages of this size

Etymology: short for L in duodecimo, in twelve: see duodecimal

adjective

with pages of this size

duodecimo Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • volume: His works are in two small duodecimo volumes; and yet we find in them five or six distinct styles attemptedand attempted with success.

Browse dictionary entries near duodecimo

  1. ‹ duodecimal
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  5. ‹ Dunsinane
  6. ‹ dunno
  7. ‹ dunnite
  8. ‹ dunnage
  9. ‹ dunlin
  10. ‹ Dunkirk
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