twelvemo

[ twelv-moh ]

noun

, plural twelve·mos,

1. duodecimo.

twelvemo

/ ˈtwɛlvməʊ /

noun

1. bookbinding another word for duodecimo

Word History and Origins

Origin of twelvemo¹

First recorded in 1810–20; twelve + -mo

Example Sentences

Charles Henry Webb—"John Paul," who wrote the burlesques, "St. Twelvemo" and "Liffith Lank"—proposed to take up on his own account Mr. Warlock's contention that the novelist has no right to use any man's surname in a novel, and make breezy fun of it by writing a novelette upon those lines.

From Project Gutenberg

Nicholas, 132, 183"St. Twelvemo," 156Sanborn, Frank B., 150Saturday Review, 206Schools and school-teaching, 1850, 32-34, 45; Western, 1840-50, 10, 11 Schurz, Carl, 208, 230, 332-337Scotch-Irish, 9Scott's novels, 275Scott, Gen., 243, 244Sexes, relations in Virginia, 53-59Shakespeare, 220, 221Shams of English society, 215-217Sherman, Gen., his March to the Sea, 280; quoted, on war, 80 Shiloh, battle, 238"Shiveree," 14, 15"Shocky," 41Shooting, 14-16Sidney, Sir Philip, 224, 225Sieghortner's, 274"Signal Boys, The," 183"Skinning," 139, 144Sloane, Dr. Wm.

From Project Gutenberg

Fifty years ago only one or two sizes of paper were made, and the size of sheet generally used for books was that which allowed eight pages of library size on one side, hence called “octavo” size, or when folded another way allowed twelve pages, hence “twelvemo” or “duodecimo.”

From Project Gutenberg

It was bound in two twelvemo green cloth volumes; it bore the date of 1850, and it was filled with pictorial illustrations of “The Personal History and Experiences of David Copperfield, the Younger.”

From Project Gutenberg

In consequence of the many and varied sizes of papers now manufactured, the terms folio, quarto or 4to., octavo or 8vo., twelvemo or 12mo., and so on, as indicating the number of folds in the printed sheets, can no longer be relied upon as a definite guide to the sizes of books, hence the change, as follows:— Large folio la. fol. over 18  inches.

From Project Gutenberg