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noun
1.
a book size of about 6 × 9 inches (16 × 23 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 8 leaves or 16 pages. Symbol: 8vo, 8°
2.
a book of this size.
adjective
3.
in octavo.
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Octavo
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Origin:
1575–85; short for Neo-Latin in octāvō in an eighth (of a sheet)
1575–85; short for Neo-Latin in octāvō in an eighth (of a sheet)
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octavo
1582, printer's word for sheets folded to make eight leaves, from L. in octavo "in the eighth," from octavus "eighth" (see octave). Abbreviation is 8vo.
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