sex|to|dec|i|mo

sex|to|dec|i|mo
sex|to|dec|i|mo «SEHKS toh DEHS uh moh», noun, plural -mos, adjective.
–n.
1. a size of a book, or of its pages, made by folding a sheet of paper into sixteen parts to form leaves about 4½ × 6¾ inches.
2. a book with pages this size.
–adj.
of this size; having pages this size.
[< Latin sextō, ablative of sextus sixth (< sex six) + decimō, ablative of decimus tenth < decem ten]

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