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octavo
[ ok-tey-voh, -tah- ]
noun
- a book size of about 6 × 9 inches (16 × 23 centimeters), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 8 leaves or 16 pages. : 8vo, 8°
- a book of this size.
adjective
- in octavo.
octavo
/ ɒkˈteɪvəʊ /
noun
- Also calledeightvo a book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper of a specified size to form eight leaves Often written8vo8°
demi-octavo
- a book of this size
- (formerly) a size of cut paper 8 inches by 5 inches (20.3 cm by 12.7 cm)
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Origin of octavo1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of octavo1
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Example Sentences
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.
Perhaps two or three volumes octavo, would contain all that has been done in this way during the last century.
They will not understand a man who condenses his thoughts into an octavo.
It will be an octavo of about six hundred pages, with portraits.
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