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Definition of octavo noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

octavo

noun
 
/ɒkˈteɪvəʊ/,
 
/ɒkˈtɑːvəʊ/
 
/ɑːkˈteɪvəʊ/,
 
/ɑːkˈtɑːvəʊ/
(plural octavos)
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  1. a size of a book page that is made by folding each sheet of paper into eight leaves (= 16 pages)
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin in octavo ‘in an eighth’, from octavus ‘eighth’.
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