duodecimo

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Noun

duodecimo (plural duodecimos)

1. (paper, printing) A size of paper, so called because it is originally made by folding and cutting a single sheet from a printing press into 12 leaves; (5 by 7¾ inches): 6.5 to 7.5 inches high, approximately 4.5 inches wide.
2. A sheet or page of that size.
3. (printing) A book having pages of that size.
   • 2015, William Logan, "A Critics Notebook," Guilty Knowledge, Guilty Pleasure, p. 304:

     In recent years, I have taken to reading while walking. I believe the Romantics were guilty of such behavior; a duodecimo was small enough to fit into a jacket pocket.

Synonyms

• (paper size) twelvemo, 12mo, 12º
• (book size) twelvemo, 12mo, 12º, D

Translations

• French: in-duodecimo, in-douze, in-12º

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