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Webster 1913 Edition
Duodecimo
Duˊo-dec′i-mo
,Adj.
Having twelve leaves to a sheet;
as, a
duodecimo
from, book, leaf, size, etc.Du-o-dec′i-mo
,Noun.
pl.
Duodecimos
. A book consisting of sheets each of which is folded into twelve leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of a book; – usually written 12mo or 12°.
Webster 1828 Edition
Duodecimo
DUODECIMO
,Adj.
DUODECIMO
,Noun.
Definition 2024
duodecimo
duodecimo
See also: duodécimo
English
Noun
duodecimo (plural duodecimos)
- (paper, printing) A size of paper, so called because it is originally made by folding and cutting a single sheet from a printing press into 12 leaves; (5 by 7¾ inches): 6.5 to 7.5 inches high, approximately 4.5 inches wide.
- A sheet or page of that size
- (printing) A book having pages of that size
- 2015, William Logan, "A Critics Notebook," Guilty Knowledge, Guilty Pleasure, p. 304:
- In recent years, I have taken to reading while walking. I believe the Romantics were guilty of such behavior; a duodecimo was small enough to fit into a jacket pocket.
- 2015, William Logan, "A Critics Notebook," Guilty Knowledge, Guilty Pleasure, p. 304:
Synonyms
Translations
| Latin | folio | quarto | sexto | octavo | duodecimo | sextodecimo | octodecimo | vicesimo-quarto | trigesimo-secundo | quadragesimo-octavo | sexagesimo-quarto |
| ALA | F | Q | O | D | S | T | Tt | Fe | Sf | ||
| ht. (cm) | > 30 | 25-30 | 25-30 | 20-25 | 17.5-20 | 15-17.5 | 12.5-15 | 12.5-15 | 10-12.5 | 7.5-10 | < 7.5 |
| printers' | folio | quarto | sixmo | octavo | twelvemo | sixteenmo | eighteenmo | twenty-fourmo | thirty-twomo | forty-eightmo | sixty-fourmo |
| abbrev. | fo or f | 4to | 6to or 6mo | 8vo | 12mo | 16mo | 18mo | 24mo | 32mo | 48mo | 64mo |
| abbrev. | 2º | 4º | 6º | 8º | 12º | 16º | 18º | 24º | 32º | 48º | 64º |
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Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: duo‧de‧ci‧mo
Etymology
From Latin in duodecimō (“in a twelfth”), from duodecimus (“twelfth”).
Noun
duodecimo n (plural duodecimo's, diminutive duodecimootje n)
- A size of paper, so called because it is originally made by folding and cutting a single sheet from a printing press into 12 leaves; (5 by 7¾ inches): 6.5 to 7.5 inches high, approximately 4.5 inches wide.
- A page of that size; hence, a whole book having pages of that size
Italian
Etymology
Adjective
duodecimo m (feminine singular duodecima, masculine plural duodecimi, feminine plural duodecime)
- (literary) twelfth
Synonyms
- (old-fashioned) decimosecondo
- dodicesimo
Latin
Adjective
duodecimō
- dative masculine singular of duodecimus
- dative neuter singular of duodecimus
- ablative masculine singular of duodecimus
- ablative neuter singular of duodecimus