sexto-decimon.

Brit.

/ˌsɛkstəʊˈdɛsᵻməʊ/, U.S.

/ˌsɛkstoʊˈdɛs(ə)moʊ/

Forms: also represented by the abbreviations 16^o, 16^o., 16mo, 16mo., 16^mo, 16^mo. (with point).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin sextō decimō, sextus decimus.

Etymology: < classical Latin sextō decimō, ablative of sextus decimus sixteenth < sextus sixth (see sext n.¹) + decimus tenth (see decimal adj.). Compare earlier decimo-sexto n. (which could also be represented by the abbreviation in quot. 1626), and also later sixteenmo n.

A size of paper produced by folding a printing sheet four times to form sixteen leaves; a page of this size, or a book composed of such pages. Also attributive. Cf. decimo-sexto n.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [noun] > sixteenmo

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1626 S. Ward Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. c. 344 A Book of a large 16⁰.

1677 T. Harvey tr. J. Owen Epigrams i. 4 In Sexto-decimo some Writers I Suspect in ev'ry Folio to lie.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xv. 23/1 A sextodecimo booke, is of 16 leaues in a sheete.

1819 T. F. Dibdin Typogr. Antiq. IV. 282 Justification of Man, &c. 1548. Sextodecimo.

1837 J. P. Collier Catal. Early Eng. Lit. 280 He tells us that all the copies after that of 1594 were in sexto-decimo..but in fact the size was 8vo.

1896 School Rev. 4 149 The following abbreviations have been employed : F. = folio; Q. = quarto; O. = octavo; D. = duodecimo; S.= sextodecimo.

1960 G. A. Glaister Encycl. Bk. 377 Book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper with four right-angle folds, thus giving a page size one-sixteenth the size of the sheet and forming a 32-page section..known as decimo-sexto or sexto-decimo.

1995 I. Jack & R. Inglesfield Introd. p. lxi, in R. Browning Poet. Wks. V. The sexto-decimo volume of Selections from the Poetical Works of Robert Browning.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sexto-decimo
释义	sexto-decimon. Brit. /ˌsɛkstəʊˈdɛsᵻməʊ/, U.S. /ˌsɛkstoʊˈdɛs(ə)moʊ/ Forms: also represented by the abbreviations 16^o, 16^o., 16mo, 16mo., 16^mo, 16^mo. (with point). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin sextō decimō, sextus decimus. Etymology: < classical Latin sextō decimō, ablative of sextus decimus sixteenth < sextus sixth (see sext n.¹) + decimus tenth (see decimal adj.). Compare earlier decimo-sexto n. (which could also be represented by the abbreviation in quot. 1626), and also later sixteenmo n. A size of paper produced by folding a printing sheet four times to form sixteen leaves; a page of this size, or a book composed of such pages. Also attributive. Cf. decimo-sexto n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [noun] > sixteenmo decimo-sexto1594 sixteen?1606 sexto-decimo1626 sixteenmo1847 sexdecimo1870 1626 S. Ward Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. c. 344 A Book of a large 16⁰. 1677 T. Harvey tr. J. Owen Epigrams i. 4 In Sexto-decimo some Writers I Suspect in ev'ry Folio to lie. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xv. 23/1 A sextodecimo booke, is of 16 leaues in a sheete. 1819 T. F. Dibdin Typogr. Antiq. IV. 282 Justification of Man, &c. 1548. Sextodecimo. 1837 J. P. Collier Catal. Early Eng. Lit. 280 He tells us that all the copies after that of 1594 were in sexto-decimo..but in fact the size was 8vo. 1896 School Rev. 4 149 The following abbreviations have been employed : F. = folio; Q. = quarto; O. = octavo; D. = duodecimo; S.= sextodecimo. 1960 G. A. Glaister Encycl. Bk. 377 Book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper with four right-angle folds, thus giving a page size one-sixteenth the size of the sheet and forming a 32-page section..known as decimo-sexto or sexto-decimo. 1995 I. Jack & R. Inglesfield Introd. p. lxi, in R. Browning Poet. Wks. V. The sexto-decimo volume of Selections from the Poetical Works of Robert Browning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1626
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