octodecimo
/ˌɒktəʊˈdɛsɪməʊ
/noun (plural octodecimos)
1A size of book page resulting from folding each printed sheet into eighteen leaves (36 pages).
1.1A book of octodecimo size.Rawles describes an octodecimo printed by Wechel and owned by a Scot.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Latin in octodecimo 'in an eighteenth', from octodecimus 'eighteenth'.
Rhymes
- worthwhile
- worthwhileness
- worth while (or worth one's while)
- worthy
- -worthy
- wot
- Wotan
- wotcha
- wotcher
- Wouk, Herman
- would
- would-be
- would not touch someone/thing with a bargepole
- wouldn't
- wouldn't be seen (or caught) dead
- wouldn't hurt (or harm) a fly
- wouldn't say boo to a goose
- wouldn't you like to know?
- wouldst
- would you Adam and Eve it?
- would you believe (it)?
- Woulfe bottle
- wound
- Wounded Knee, Battle of
- wounding