octavo
Meanings
Plural: octavos
Noun
- the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves
- A sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches (= 17.78 to 25.4 cm) high and 4.5 to 6 inches (= 11.43 to 15.24 cm) wide, the size varying with the large original sheet used to create it. It is made by folding the original sheet three times to produce eight leaves.
- A book of octavo pages.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin octavo. Doublet of octave, oitava, and ochava.
Synonyms
8vo, 8ยบ, eightvo, O
Scrabble Score: 11
octavo is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordoctavo is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 13
octavo is a valid Words With Friends word