Definitions for verso

verso ver·so

Spelling: [vur-soh]
IPA: /ˈvɜr soʊ/

Verso is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 57 anagrams from letters in verso (eorsv).

Definitions for verso

noun

  1. a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
  2. the back of the page; verso (opposed to folio recto).

adverb

  1. with thumbs turned downward: the sign made by spectators calling for the death of a defeated gladiator in the ancient Roman circus.

Origin of verso

1830-40; short for Latin in versō foliō on the turned leaf

Examples for verso

A list of personae is given in the original on the verso of the title-leaf.

Title with ornament of a basket of flowers, A2 (verso blank).

On the verso of the half-title is the Imprimatur, dated February 6, 1722.

A Table of Contents has been added below the verso to aid in navigation.

In a verso agudo the last syllable counts for two syllables.

The Title page and verso are in error in stating that the pages run 275 to 306.

Text, two leaves, on the verso of the second, an Announcement.

On verso of title a poem by Ioachim Egell, extolling Humelberg.

The modern title page and verso have been relocated to the end of the text.

Half-title of Appendix, N7 (verso "Pieces contained," etc.).

Word Value for verso
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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