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verso

[ vur-soh ]

noun

Printing.
plural versos.
  1. a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript ( recto ).


verso

/ ˈ±¹ÉœË²õəʊ /

noun

    1. the back of a sheet of printed paper
    2. Also calledreverso the left-hand pages of a book, bearing the even numbers Compare recto
  1. the side of a coin opposite to the obverse; reverse
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of verso1

1830–40; short for Latin in versŠfoliŠon the turned leaf
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of verso1

C19: from the New Latin phrase versÅ foliÅ the leaf having been turned, from Latin vertere to turn + folium a leaf
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Exterior becomes interior — or verso becomes recto — in Leedham’s wittily jumbled tableaux.

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The lawsuit claimed that agreements signed by the jewelers contained illegible contract text in verso and therefore “cannot be binding.â€

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The text on the verso constructs a working definition of time that is clear, concise and lovely: “Time is the tock tick tock / of the / clock / and / numbers and words / on a calendar.â€

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Why not hang the painting on stanchions, so we can see the Nazi scar on the verso?

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Part of the appeal of the Folger paperbacks is their accessible design: On the recto page, the original text, uncut; on the verso, helpful vocabulary words, often accompanied by tiny reproductions of Elizabethan etchings.

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