sextodecimo

[ sek-stoh-des-uh-moh ]
/ ˌsɛk stoʊˈdɛs əˌmoʊ /
Printing.

noun, plural sex·to·dec·i·mos.

adjective

Origin of sextodecimo

1680–90; < Latin sextōdecimō, ablative singular of sextusdecimus sixteenth

Words nearby sextodecimo

Example sentences from the Web for sextodecimo

  • Other sizes occasionally used are called “sixteenmo” or “sextodecimo,” “eighteenmo” or “octodecimo,” etc.

    The Story of Books |Gertrude Burford Rawlings

British Dictionary definitions for sextodecimo

sextodecimo
/ (ˌsɛkstəʊˈdɛsɪˌməʊ) /

noun plural -mos

bookbinding another word for sixteenmo

Word Origin for sextodecimo

C17: from Latin sextusdecimus sixteenth