Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A left-hand page of a book or the reverse side of a leaf, as opposed to the recto.
  • noun The back of a coin or medal.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The reverse. back, or other side of some object.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Print.) The reverse, or left-hand, page of a book or a folded sheet of paper; -- opposed to recto.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

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

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
  • noun left-hand page

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin versō (foliō), (with the page) turned, verso, from Latin versō, ablative of versus, past participle of vertere, to turn; see version.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

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Examples

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  • Frederick George Coleridge 1840-1925 - 'Maple Durham Mill', signed, signed and inscribed on gallery label verso, watercolour and body colour

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  • (24.4 x 19.7 cm), pencil signed lower left, Guild of Boston Artist label verso

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  • The passions that sometimes agitate these maidens of his verso are the surprises of noble hearts unprepared for evil; and even their mistakes cannot cost bitter tears to their attendant angels.

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  • Lot 43* RIOPELLE, JEAN PAUL, CANADIAN, 1915-1999, "Sentier Pour La Mer", 1956, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 in (40.6 x 50.8 cm), signed and titled verso

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  • Lot 89* REISS, WINOLD, AMERICAN, 1886-1953, "White Dog", mixed media on board, 27.75 x 21.5 in (70.5 x 54.6 cm), signed lower right, titled verso; additional sketch of a young man verso

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  • But the copy on the t.p. verso reads, “Cover photograph of tourists on a Hawaiian beach in December courtesy of Independent Picture Service.”

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