decimo-sexton.

Brit.

/ˌdɛsᵻməʊˈsɛkstəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌdɛsəˌmoʊˈsɛkˌstoʊ/

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: Latin sexto decimo.

Etymology: Alteration of post-classical Latin sexto decimo sexto-decimo n. Compare later sexto-decimo n.

Now chiefly historical.

A size of paper produced by folding a printing sheet four times to form sixteen leaves; a page of this size, or a book composed of such pages; cf. sexto-decimo n. Usually abbreviated 16mo. In early use frequently figurative: a small person or thing.

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society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [noun] > sixteenmo

decimo-sexto1594

sixteen?1606

sexto-decimo1626

sixteenmo1847

sexdecimo1870

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing > thing small of its kind

decimo-sexto1594

diminutive1609

toy1665

a shrimp of aa1774

bantam1787

pygmy1838

yarkera1842

baby1847

smidgen1952

1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie sig. C^v Looke where Halfepenie Sperantus boy commeth, though bound vp in decimo sexto for carriage, yet a wit in folio for coosnage.

1608 T. Middleton Your Fiue Gallants sig. A4 Neither in folio, nor in Decimo sexto, but in Octauo.

1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 286 The little decimo sextos that be both in the Sea and Land..the small fish..as well as..the great folios of the Whale, and Elephant.

1706 T. Hearne Diary 4 Feb. in Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 177 As in Octavo's and Decimo-Sexto's.

1856 N. B. Shurtleff Decimal Syst. Arrangem. Admin. Libraries 34 Octavos and decimo-sextos sometimes have a signature mark for every eight pages, and sometimes for every sixteen.

1910 C. E. Vaughan in Cambr. Hist. Eng. Lit. (1969) VI. ii. vii. 170 And that company, in its ‘decimo-sexto’ shape..was not licensed until January, 1604.

2010 M. Bland Guide Early Printed Bks. & MSS 54 The problem with decimo-sexto and the smaller formats (32mo, 64mo, 128mo) is that they could not be easily stitched through the middle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	decimo-sexto
释义	decimo-sexton. Brit. /ˌdɛsᵻməʊˈsɛkstəʊ/, U.S. /ˌdɛsəˌmoʊˈsɛkˌstoʊ/ Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: Latin sexto decimo. Etymology: Alteration of post-classical Latin sexto decimo sexto-decimo n. Compare later sexto-decimo n. Now chiefly historical. A size of paper produced by folding a printing sheet four times to form sixteen leaves; a page of this size, or a book composed of such pages; cf. sexto-decimo n. Usually abbreviated 16mo. In early use frequently figurative: a small person or thing. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [noun] > sixteenmo decimo-sexto1594 sixteen?1606 sexto-decimo1626 sixteenmo1847 sexdecimo1870 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing > thing small of its kind decimo-sexto1594 diminutive1609 toy1665 a shrimp of aa1774 bantam1787 pygmy1838 yarkera1842 baby1847 smidgen1952 1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie sig. C^v Looke where Halfepenie Sperantus boy commeth, though bound vp in decimo sexto for carriage, yet a wit in folio for coosnage. 1608 T. Middleton Your Fiue Gallants sig. A4 Neither in folio, nor in Decimo sexto, but in Octauo. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 286 The little decimo sextos that be both in the Sea and Land..the small fish..as well as..the great folios of the Whale, and Elephant. 1706 T. Hearne Diary 4 Feb. in Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 177 As in Octavo's and Decimo-Sexto's. 1856 N. B. Shurtleff Decimal Syst. Arrangem. Admin. Libraries 34 Octavos and decimo-sextos sometimes have a signature mark for every eight pages, and sometimes for every sixteen. 1910 C. E. Vaughan in Cambr. Hist. Eng. Lit. (1969) VI. ii. vii. 170 And that company, in its ‘decimo-sexto’ shape..was not licensed until January, 1604. 2010 M. Bland Guide Early Printed Bks. & MSS 54 The problem with decimo-sexto and the smaller formats (32mo, 64mo, 128mo) is that they could not be easily stitched through the middle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1594
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