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Vigesimoquarto

Vī-gĕs'ĭ-mo-quar'to, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. vigesimus quartus, twenty-fourth.] Formed of sheets folded so as to make twenty-four leaves; of, or equal to the size of, one fold of a sheet of printing paper, when doubled so as to make twenty-four leaves; as, a vigesimo-quarto book.

Vī-gĕs'i-mo-quar'to, n.

noun

pl. VĪ-GĔS'I-MO-QUAR'-TOES.

Sense 1. A book composed of sheets folded so as to make twenty-four leaves; a vigesimo-quarto book.

Sense 2. The size of a book thus composed; — usually indicated thus: 24mo., or 24°.