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Dec 21, 2005

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verso

(VUR-so) noun

1. A left-hand page.
2. The back of a page.

[Short for Latin verso folio, from verso (turned) and folio (leaf). From versus (turning), from vertere (to turn). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wer- (to turn or bend), also the source of wring, weird, writhe, worth, revert, and universe.]

The counterpart of this word is recto, the right-hand page.

"Nagyszalanczy's commonsense approach is evident from the verso of the title page to the captions of the hundreds of photos and drawings."
Alexander Hartmann; Setting Up Shop; Library Journal (New York); Mar 15, 2000.

See more usage examples of verso in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

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