tome
[ tohm ]
/ toʊm /
noun
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
a volume forming a part of a larger work.
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Origin of tome
1510–20; < French < Latin tomus < Greek tómos slice, piece, roll of paper, book, akin to témnein to cut
Words nearby tome
tombstone, tombstone ad, tombé, tomcat, tomcod, tome, tomentose, tomentum, tomfool, tomfoolery, tomism
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tome
/ (təʊm) /
noun
a large weighty book
one of the several volumes of a work
Word Origin for tome
C16: from French, from Latin tomus section of larger work, from Greek tomos a slice, from temnein to cut; related to Latin tondēre to shear
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