Antonyms for folio

Grammar : Noun

Spell : foh-lee-oh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfoʊ liˌoʊ

Definition of folio

Origin : mid-15c., from Late Latin folio "leaf or sheet of paper," from Latin folio, ablative of folium "leaf," from PIE *bhulyom "leaf" (cf. Greek phyllon "leaf," Gaelic bile "leaflet, blossom"), from root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole). Ablative of location, because this was used in page references. Meaning "volume of the largest size" first attested 1620s.

As in leaf : noun page of document
As in number : noun unit of the mathematical system
As in page : noun sheet of paper
As in sheet : noun coating, covering; page
As in book : noun published document

Example sentences :

The Rector spoke with an obvious effort, got his hand off the page and closed the folio.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

I would not take my folio paper for this epistle, and now I repent it.
Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns

Nor can we regard as aught other such terms as 'leaf' or 'folio,' which is also 'leaf.'
Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various

He was seated at a table, and had a large old German folio open before him.
Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland

He had got through January and February in five folio volumes, when he died in 1658.
Extract from : « The Book-Hunter » by John Hill Burton

We have only to consider the absurdity of a handy-volume Gibbon or a folio Lamb.
Extract from : « The Booklover and His Books » by Harry Lyman Koopman

The generally used descriptions of size, from folio down to 48mo.
Extract from : « A Book for All Readers » by Ainsworth Rand Spofford

But the whole truth as regards the Folio was not to be divulged yet.
Extract from : « Ballads of Romance and Chivalry » by Frank Sidgwick

But it is another thing when Lamb says, “I do not care for a first folio of Shakespeare.”
Extract from : « The Library » by Andrew Lang

It appears in the folio collection of his works of the year 1628.
Extract from : « Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce » by E. R. Billings.

Synonyms for folio

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