Verso

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal;
  2. 2
    the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design wordnet
  3. 3
    The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal;; The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an even page number.
  4. 4
    left-hand page wordnet

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backreverseacknowledgmentacknowledgmentsbackback matter

Etymology

From Latin in versō foliō (“on the turned leaf, on the turned page”), the ablative case of the Latin versus (“turned, changed”) from the perfect passive participle of vertō (“turn”). Compare rēctus (“right”).

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