noun

Cicero

SIH-suh-roh

noun

A unit of measurement in printing, equal to about 4.5 millimetres, used mainly in continental Europe as the counterpart to the English pica.

"The typesetter specified column widths in ciceros rather than picas."

How to Use Cicero

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA European printing measurement for type size and spacing, similar to the pica used in English-language typesetting.

UK vs US

English and American printing traditionally uses the pica; the cicero is the equivalent unit used in French, German, and other continental European typography.

Word Forms

Ciceros plural, Ciceroes plural, Cicerones plural, ciceros plural

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Etymology

Named after the Roman statesman Cicero, because early European printers used a Latin edition of his letters as the standard text for setting this size of type.

Rhymes for Cicero

zero hero Nero Pero numero hetero dinero bolero romero Madero montero Cordero

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