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Noun: octavo  ók'taa-vow or ók'tey-vow
  1. The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves
    "The octavo format was popular for 19th-century novels";
    - eightvo, 8vo

Derived forms: octavos

Type of: size

Encyclopedia: Octavo