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quarto

noun

quar·​to ˈkwȯr-(ˌ)tō How to pronounce quarto (audio)
plural quartos
1
: the size of a piece of paper cut four from a sheet
also : paper or a page of this size
2
: a book printed on quarto pages

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The Bard’s 1609 quarto of poetry defined a new genre—Shakespearean sonnets—that continues to inspire poets today. Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2020 A couple of these men, John Heminges and Henry Condell, come up with the wild idea to publish all of Shakespeare’s scripts in a handsome bound folio rather than the cheap unauthorized quartos then available. Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 25 July 2017 In the twelve untitled poems that ran on quarto-size pages, scattered with varied-length ellipses, his long lines expand and contract between the margins like the steady crash of waves. Jeffrey Yang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2017

Word History

Etymology

Latin, ablative of quartus fourth

First Known Use

1580, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of quarto was in 1580
BNC: 28503 COCA: 45702

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