octavo

Speech parts

1. octavo - Noun

2. octavo - Adjective

Meaning

A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eight leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book so made; -- usually written 8vo or 8¡.

Having eight leaves to a sheet; as, an octavo form, book, leaf, size, etc.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

8vo eightvo atlas bible codex folio quarto octave size book novel dictionary album eight publication
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Antonyms

little pennyworth minor biography halfpenny creative writing
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Hypernyms

size

Phrases with the word

quadragesimo-octavo small octavo

Derivatives

octavos

Examples

Evil knows of the Good, but Good does not know of Evil. Knowledge of oneself is something only Evil has. - The First Octavo Notebook. Franz Kafka

Darnton, (1979), p. 7. As the Encyclopédie gained popularity, it was published in quarto and octavo editions after 1777. Source: Internet

The Houghton Library copy of this text (STC 22330) has vertical chain lines and watermarks in the upper inner margin, just as one would expect to find in an octavo. Source: Internet

His chief prose works are a standard publication in seven octavo volumes of the Methodist Book Concern, New York. Source: Internet

The quarto and octavo editions were much less expensive than previous editions, making the Encyclopédie more accessible to the non-elite. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

octavina octaving octavius octavofinal octavolateral OCTB