decimo-sexto
/ˌdɛsɪməʊˈsɛkstəʊ/Now chiefly historical
noun
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; compare sexto-decimo. Usually abbreviated 16mo. In early use frequently figurative : a small person or thing.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in John Lyly (1554–1606), writer and playwright. Alteration of post-classical Latin sexto decimo sexto-decimo.
- notitia
- not just any ——
- Notkerian
- not know from nothing
- not know if one is coming or going
- not know one is born
- not know one's arse from one's elbow
- not know shit
- not know shit from Shinola
- not know someone from a bar of soap
- not know someone from Adam
- not know that
- not know the first thing about
- not know the meaning of the word
- not know what hit one
- not know what to do with oneself
- not know where (or which way) to look
- not know where to put oneself
- not know which way (or where) to turn
- not least
- not let the grass grow under one's feet
- not-life
- not likely!
- not like the look (or sound) of
- not-living