octavo

n., pl. -vos. In both senses also called eightvo.

1. The page size, from 5 by 8 inches to 6 by 9¹/₂ inches, of a book composed of printer's sheets folded into eight leaves.
2. A book composed of octavo pages.

[Medieval Latin (in) octāvō, (in) an eighth, from Latin, ablative sing. of octāvus, eighth, from octō, eight.]

8vo

paper and printing Symbol 8vo. A paper size, being ⅛ of a full sheet, the actual size depending on that of the full sheet.

octavo [ok‐tay‐voh], a book size resulting from folding a printer's sheet of paper three times to make eight leaves (i.e. 16 pages): thus a size smaller than quarto but bigger than duodecimo.

IN BRIEF: n. - One-eighth of a sheet of paper.

He printed his poetry in a small octavo which he sold on the streets.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves
  Synonyms: eightvo, 8vo

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