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   folio

   /ˈfəʊlɪəʊ/

   noun

   • 1. an individual leaf of paper or parchment, either loose as one of a series or forming part of a bound volume, which is numbered on the recto or front side only.
   • ▪ the page number in a printed book.
   • 2. a sheet of paper folded once to form two leaves (four pages) of a book.
   • ▪ a size of book made up of folio sheets of paper.
   • ▪ a book or manuscript made up of folio sheets of paper; a volume of the largest standard size.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin, ablative of folium ‘leaf’, in medieval Latin used in references to mean ‘on leaf so-and-so’. The original sense of in folio (from Italian in foglio) was ‘in the form of a full-sized sheet or leaf folded once’ (designating the largest size of book).

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • F

     4

   • O

     1

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • O

     1

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