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sextodecimo

[ sek-stoh-des-uh-moh ]

noun

, plural sex·to·dec·i·mos.


sextodecimo

/ ˌsɛkstəʊˈdɛsɪˌməʊ /

noun

  1. bookbinding another word for sixteenmo
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sextodecimo1

1680–90; < Latin sextōdecimō, ablative singular of sextusdecimus sixteenth
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sextodecimo1

C17: from Latin sextusdecimus sixteenth
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Example Sentences

Other sizes occasionally used are called “sixteenmo” or “sextodecimo,” “eighteenmo” or “octodecimo,” etc.

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