sixty-fourmo

[siks-tee-fawr-moh, -fohr-]

six·ty-four·mo

[siks-tee-fawr-moh, -fohr-] noun, plural six·ty-four·mos, adjective
noun
1.
a book size (about 2 × 3 inches; 5 × 7 cm) determined by printing on sheets folded to form 64 leaves or 128 pages.
2.
a book of this size. Symbol: 64mo, 64°
adjective
3.
printed, folded, or bound in sixty-fourmo.

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Sixty-fourmo is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.

Origin:
sixty-four + -mo
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sixty-fourmo (ˌsɪkstɪˈfɔːməʊ)
 
n , pl -mos
1.  64mo, Often written: 64° a book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper into 64 leaves or 128 pages, each one sixty-fourth the size of the sheet
2.  a book of this size

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