brevier
[br
uh
-
veer
]
/brəˈvɪər/
noun
,
Printing.
1.
a size of type approximately 8-point, between minion and bourgeois.
Origin
1590-1600;
<
German:
literally,
breviary
; so called from use in printing breviaries
British Dictionary definitions for
brevier
brevier
/
brəˈvɪə
/
noun
1.
(formerly) a size of printer's type approximately equal to 8 point
Word Origin
C16: probably from Dutch, literally:
breviary
; so called because this type size was used for breviaries