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Pronunciation : Sex`to*dec"i*mo
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. sextus-decimus the sixteenth; sextus the sixth (fr. sex six) + decimus the tenth, from decem ten. See - mo.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sex`to*dec"imo
Part of Speech : n.;
Definition : Defn: 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?.

pl. Sextodecimos (.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913