Tome
//təʊm// name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One in a series of volumes.
- 2 a (usually) large and scholarly book wordnet
- 3 A large or scholarly book.
"The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"I read this tome from end to end."
Etymology
From Middle French tome, from Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, separate”).
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