recto

Meaning

Noun

  • The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.
  • The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.
  • A writ of right.

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Origin

  • Borrowed from Latin rēctō folium, the ablative case of the Latin rēctus. Confer versus.

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