octavo
a book size of about 6 × 9 inches (16 × 23 centimeters), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 8 leaves or 16 pages. Symbols: 8vo, 8°
a book of this size.
in octavo.
Origin of octavo
1Words Nearby octavo
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How to use octavo in a sentence
That there was an octavo edition published at Strasburg in 1536, and that Goldastus followed it.
Cessare potest anno vicesimo-octavo, et perstare post annum quinquagesimum.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyPerhaps two or three volumes octavo, would contain all that has been done in this way during the last century.
Decline of Science in England | Charles BabbageThey will not understand a man who condenses his thoughts into an octavo.
Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters | William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-LeighIt will be an octavo of about six hundred pages, with portraits.
British Dictionary definitions for octavo
/ (ɒkˈteɪvəʊ) /
Also called: eightvo a book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper of a specified size to form eight leaves: demi-octavo Often written: 8vo, 8°
a book of this size
(formerly) a size of cut paper 8 inches by 5 inches (20.3 cm by 12.7 cm)
Origin of octavo
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