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A.Word.A.Day--verso

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This week's theme: words related to words, writing, and language.

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.

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-Anu Garg (garg AT wordsmith.org)

"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.

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