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octavo Definition


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octavo
noun octavos
    1. A size of book or page produced by folding a standard-sized sheet of paper three times to give eight leaves.
    2. A book or page of this size.
Etymology: 16c: from Latin in octavo in an eighth (said of a sheet).



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