Verso
Noun
- The side of a leaf (as of a manuscript) that is to be read second.
- A left-hand page.
Example Sentences
“I wrote my notes on the front and the verso in order to save paper.”
“The photo caption was printed on the verso of the page.”
“She flipped to the verso to finish reading the story.”
Word Origin
Latin, mid-19th century
Why this word?
Say you have a stack of paper in front of you. Now flip the top page — the backside of the page you just turned is the verso. If you’re looking at the open pages of a book, you can also call the left-hand side the verso. The right-hand side, by contrast, is the recto, and the two together are the folio. These technical printing or publishing terms came about in the mid-19th century. “Verso” comes from the New Latin word “verso,” meaning “the page being turned.”
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