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Sextodecimo

Sēx'to-dēç'i-mō, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. sextusdecimus, the sixteenth, from sextus, the sixth, sex, six, and decimus, the tenth, decem, ten.] Formed of sheets folded so as to make sixteen leaves; of, or equal to, the size of one fold of a sheet of printing-paper when doubled so as to make sixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages; as, a sextodecimo volume.

Sĕxʹto-dĕçʹi-mo, n.

noun

n.; pl. SĕxʹTO-DĒÇʹI-MŌȘ. [See supra.]

A book composed of sheets folded so as to make sixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages; a sextodecimo book.
The size of a book thus composed; — usually indicated thus: 16mo., 16°.