quarto
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toʊ noun
1.
a book size of about 9½ × 12 inches (24 × 30 cm), determined by folding printed sheets twice to form four leaves or eight pages. Symbol: 4to, 4°
2.
a book of this size.
adjective
3.
bound in quarto.
Origin:
1580–90; short for Neo-Latin in quartō in fourth (quartō, ablative singular of quartus fourth)
1580–90; short for Neo-Latin in quartō in fourth (quartō, ablative singular of quartus fourth)
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| —n , pl -tos | |
| 1. | 4to, Often written: 4° a book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper, usually crown or demy, into four leaves or eight pages, each one quarter the size of the sheet |
| 2. | (formerly) a size of cut paper 10 in. by 8 in. (25.4 cm by 20.3 cm) |
| [C16: from New Latin phrase in quartō in quarter] | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
quarto
late 15c., from M.L. in quarto "in the fourth (part of a sheet of paper)," from quarto, abl. sing. of L. quartus "fourth" (see quart).
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But the quarto text has an additional brief exchange between two other nameless servants.
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