tome

Definitions


[təʊm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a book, especially a large, heavy, scholarly one
(e.g: a weighty tome)


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Origin:
early 16th century (denoting one volume of a larger work): from French, via Latin from Greek tomos ‘section, roll of papyrus, volume’; related to temnein ‘to cut’




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