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单词 twelvemo
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twelvemon.

Brit. /ˈtwɛlvməʊ/, U.S. /ˈtwɛlvˌmoʊ/
Etymology: Representing a spoken form of 12mo or xiimo, shortened < duodecimo n.
= duodecimo n. Also attributive.
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society > communication > book > kind of book > size of book > [noun] > duodecimo > sheet of
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twelvemo1819
1819 ‘R. Rabelais’ Abeillard & Heloisa 56 We stew them down for twelvemo use.
1835 ‘J. A. Arnett’ Bibliopegia i. 12 The twelvemo also presents us with the eighteens, after the sheet is cut into three divisions.
1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 144 Twelvemo, a sheet of paper folded into twelve leaves, written thus—12 mo. Also called ‘duodecimo’.
1914 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 7/2 Another French book..is a twelvemo volume.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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