sextodecimo

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sextodecimo - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sextodecimo \Sex`to*dec"i*mo\, a. [L. sextus-decimus the
     sixteenth; sextus the sixth (fr. sex six) + decimus the
     tenth, from decem ten. See -mo.]
     Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; of, or equal to, the size
     of one fold of a sheet of printing paper when folded so as to
     make sixteen leaves, or thirty-two pages; as, a sextodecimo
     volume.
     [1913 Webster]

  Sextodecimo \Sex`to*dec"imo\, n.; pl. Sextodecimos.
     A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into
     sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a
     size of a book; -- usually written 16mo, or 16[deg].
     [1913 Webster]