recto

[ rek-toh ]
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noun,plural rec·tos.Printing.
  1. a right-hand page of an open book or manuscript; the front of a leaf (opposed to verso).

Origin of recto

1
1815–25; <Late Latin rēctō (foliō) on the right-hand (leaf or page), ablative of Latin rēctus right

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recto

/ (ˈrɛktəʊ) /


nounplural -tos
  1. the front of a sheet of printed paper

  2. the right-hand pages of a book, bearing the odd numbers: Compare verso (def. 1b)

Origin of recto

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C19: from Latin rectus right, in rectō foliō on the right-hand page

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