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octavo definition

oc·tavo (äk tā′vō, -tä′-)

noun pl. octavos -·vos

  1. the page size of a book made up of printer's sheets folded into eight leaves: the usual size of each leaf is 6 by 9 inches
  2. a book consisting of pages of this size

Etymology: < L (in) octavo, (in) eight, abl. of octavus: see octave

adjective

consisting of pages of this size

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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