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duodecimo en · NOUN

Etymology

Latin ablative of duodecimus (“twelfth”) (from duodecim 'twelve', from duo 'two' + decem 'ten')

Meanings

1. (qualifier:paper) A size of paper, so called because it is originally made by folding and cutting a single sheet from a printing press into 12 leaves; (5 by 7¾ inches): 6.5 to 7.5 inches high, approximately 4.5 inches wide.
2. A sheet or page of that size.
3. A book having pages of that size.
   • 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”, in Guilty Knowledge, Guilty Pleasure, page 304:

Forms

Synonyms

12mo (paper size) · twelvemo (paper size) · D (book size) · 12º (book size) · 12mo (book size) · twelvemo (book size) · 12º (paper size)

Translations (7)

nl duodecimo (book size) · ca dotzè (paper size) · fr in-12º (to be checked) · ca dotzè (book size) · nl duodecimo (paper size) · fr in-douze (to be checked) · fr in-duodecimo (to be checked)