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sixteenmo
sixˈteenmo [English reading of the symbol 16mo; cf. twelvemo, eighteenmo.] = sexto-decimo.1847 Chambers's Jrnl. 6 Feb. 87/2 Duodecimo, post⁓octavo, eighteenmo, sixteenmo, and a hundred other vos and mos. 1903 Publishers' Circular 28 Mar. 353/2 In folio, octavo, and duodecimo the water-lines are vert... Oxford English Dictionary
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eighteenmo
eighˈteenmo [English reading of the symbol 18mo for octodecimo; cf. twelvemo, sixteenmo.] Used colloq. in the book trades for octodecimo.1858 in Simmonds Dict. Trade. Oxford English Dictionary
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thirtytwomo
thirtytwomo (-ˈtuːməʊ) [English reading of the symbol 32mo or xxxiimo, for L. (in) tricesimo secundo: cf. twelvemo, sixteenmo.] The size of a book, or of a leaf of a book, formed of sheets each folded five times, making thirty-two leaves; hence, a book of this size. Also thirty-twos. So thirtyˈsixmo... Oxford English Dictionary
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Book size
include the duodecimo (12mo or twelvemo), with twelve leaves per sheet and pages one-third the size of the quarto format, and the sextodecimo (16mo or sixteenmo wikipedia.org
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sexto-decimo
sexto-decimo (ˌsɛkstəʊˈdɛsɪməʊ) = decimo-sexto, q.v. (Cf. sixteenmo.)[1626 S. Ward Let. in R. Parr Life of Usher (1686) 344 A Book of large 160.] 1688 Holme Armoury iii. xv. (Roxb.) 23/1 A sextodecimo booke, is of 16 leaues in a sheete. 1819 Dibdin Typogr. Antiq. IV. 282 Justification of Man, &c. 15... Oxford English Dictionary
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seventy
seventy, a. and n. (ˈsɛv(ə)ntɪ) Forms: [1 hundseofontiᵹ, -sifontiᵹ, etc.: cf. seven], 3 seoventi, (Ormin) seof(f)enntiȝ, 4 seyventi, sewinty, zeventy, 4, 6 sevinty, -te, 5 ceventye, senty, 7 seaventy, 3– seventy. [OE. (hund)seofontiᵹ = OFris. siugun-, sogen-, soventich (mod. sauntich), OS. sivuntig ... Oxford English Dictionary
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sixteen
sixteen, a. and n. (sɪkˈstiːn, ˈsɪkstiːn) Forms: α. 1 syx-, sixtyne, 3–4 sixtene, 5–6 syxtene, 6–7 sixteene, 7– sixteen (7 -tein). β. 1– 6 sextene (5 cex-), 4–6 sexten, 4 sextiene, 5 sex-, cexteyn(e; Sc. 5 saxten, 6 -tine, 7 sextine. [OE. syx-, six-, sextyne (see six a. and -teen), = OFris. sextine,... Oxford English Dictionary
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-mo
-mo, suffix (məʊ) The final syllable of terms derived from the abl. sing. masc. of L. ordinal numerals which are used to denote book sizes by the number of leaves into which a sheet of the paper on which the book is printed has been folded, e.g. duodecimo, sextodecimo, etc., and, by analogy, vicesim... Oxford English Dictionary
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vo
▪ I. vo, n. nonce-wd. [f. the last syllable of octavo.] A size of book.1847 Chambers's Jrnl. 6 Feb. 87/2 Duodecimo, postoctavo, eighteenmo, sixteenmo, and a hundred other vos and mos, bewildered the aged members of the profession.▪ II. vo southern ME. var. fo v., foe. Oxford English Dictionary
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sex-
sex- (sɛks) repr. L. sex six in combination (as in sexangulus sexangular, sexennis sexennial), occurs in many mod. formations, chiefly scientific or technical. (In some of these sexi- is also used.) 1. Forming parasynthetic compounds, as sexannulate (= six-ringed), sexarticulate, sexcuspidate, sexlo... Oxford English Dictionary
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