duodecimo

[ doo-uh-des-uh-moh, dyoo- ]

noun

, plural du·o·dec·i·mos.

1. Also called twelvemo. a book size of about 5 × 7½ inches (13 × 19 centimeters), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 12 leaves or 24 pages. : 12 mo, 12°
2. a book of this size.

adjective

1. in duodecimo; twelvemo.

duodecimo

/ ˌdjuːəʊˈdɛsɪˌməʊ /

noun

1. Also calledtwelvemo a book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper into twelve leaves Often written12mo12°
2. a book of this size

Word History and Origins

Origin of duodecimo¹

First recorded in 1650–60; short for Latin in duodecimō “in twelfth”

Word History and Origins

Origin of duodecimo¹

C17: from Latin phrase in duodecimō in twelfth, from duodecim twelve

Example Sentences

Históricamente, el cuestionario ha hecho preguntas a los estudiantes de sexto, octavo, décimo y duodécimo grado sobre su bienestar, el acoso escolar y si se sienten apoyados por los adultos, entre otras cosas.

From Seattle Times

Menéndez es el duodécimo senador federal en ejercicio de su cargo que es encausado.

From Washington Times

Item ad idem, Exodi vicesimo, Deus veteris testamenti dicit: Non mœchaberis, et idem Deus dicit Numerorum duodecimo: Ecce ego suscitabo super te malum de domo tuo, et tollam uxorem tuam et dabo proximo tuo, id est, filio tuo.

From Project Gutenberg

Duodecimo format, that is, a sheet printed to make 12 pages on each side, is so printed that the third part of the sheet has to be cut off with a knife or machine.

From Project Gutenberg

In about three years, or something more, my father had got advanced almost into the middle of his work.—Like all other writers, he met with disappointments.—He imagined he should be able to bring whatever he had to say, into so small a compass, that when it was finished and bound, it might be rolled up in my mother’s hussive.—Matter grows under our hands.—Let no man say,—“Come—I’ll write a duodecimo.”

From Project Gutenberg