verso

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ver=so

CIDE DICTIONARY

verso, n. [L. versus, p. p. of vertere to turn: cf. F. verso.].

 The reverse, or left-hand, page of a book or a folded sheet of paper; -- opposed to recto.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

verso, n. (pl. -os)
1 a the left-hand page of an open book. b the back of a printed leaf of paper or manuscript (opp. RECTO).
2 the reverse of a coin.

Etymology

L verso (folio) on the turned (leaf)

THESAURUS

verso

Gospel side, acknowledgments, back, back matter, bastard title, bibliography, cantorial side, catch line, catchword, colophon, contents, contents page, copyright page, dedication, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, errata, flyleaf, folio, fore edge, foreword, front matter, half-title page, head, imprint, index, inscription, introduction, larboard, leaf, left, left hand, left wing, left-hand side, left-winger, liberal, makeup, near side, page, port, port tack, portside, preface, preliminaries, radical, recto, reverso, running title, signature, subtitle, table of contents, tail, text, title, title page, trim size, type page, wrong side