Definitions for versos

versos ver·so

Spelling: [vur-soh]
IPA: /ˈvɜr soʊ/

Versos is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 74 anagrams from letters in versos (eorssv).

Definitions for versos

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 versos

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

Examples for versos

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for versos
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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