Associations to the word «Octavo»

Wiktionary

OCTAVO, noun. (paper) (printing) A sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches high and 4.5 to 6 inches wide, the size varying with the large original sheet used to create it. Made by folding the original sheet three times to produce eight leaves.
OCTAVO, noun. (printing) A book of octavo pages.

Dictionary definition

OCTAVO, noun. The size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves.

Wise words

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
Joseph Conrad