1. a book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper into sixteen leaves, creating thirty-two pages
Usage: printing; bookbinding
2. a book of this size
Usage: printing; bookbinding

1. having the size of a sextodecimo
Usage: printing; bookbinding

Examples

• The publisher decided to print the poetry collection in sextodecimo format.
• She collected rare sextodecimo editions of classic novels.
• The bookbinder explained how to fold the sheets for a sextodecimo book.
• His library contained several valuable sextodecimo volumes.
• The sextodecimo edition was more portable than the larger formats.
• Printers often used sextodecimo for small devotional books.