Definition of sextodecimo in English:
sextodecimo
(also 16mo)
nounPlural sextodecimosˌsɛkstə(ʊ)ˈdɛsɪməʊˌsɛkstəˈdɛsəmoʊ
1A size of book page that results from folding each printed sheet into sixteen leaves (thirty-two pages).
- 1.1 A book of sextodecimo size.
Origin
Late 17th century: from Latin sexto decimo, ablative of sextus decimus 'sixteenth'.
Definition of sextodecimo in US English:
sextodecimo
(also 16mo)
nounˌsekstəˈdesəmōˌsɛkstəˈdɛsəmoʊ
1A size of book page that results from folding each printed sheet into sixteen leaves (thirty-two pages).
- 1.1 A sextodecimo book.
Origin
Late 17th century: from Latin sexto decimo, ablative of sextus decimus ‘sixteenth’.