duodecimo

英 [,djuːə(ʊ)'desɪməʊ]
  • n. 十二开;十二开的书
  • adj. 十二开的

英文词源


duodecimo
1650s, from Latin in duodecimo (folded) "in a twelfth" of a sheet, from ablative of duodecimus "twelfth," from duodecim (see dozen). Often abbreviated 12mo.; a book in which each page is the twelfth part of the printer's sheet.

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