tome

tome

noun \ˈtōm\

Definition of TOME

1

: a volume forming part of a larger work

2

: book; especially : a large or scholarly book

Examples of TOME

1. a long tome on European history
2. <picked up a thick tome on the Roman Empire at a used book store>

Origin of TOME

Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin tomus, from Greek tomos section, roll of papyrus, tome, from temnein to cut; akin to Middle Irish tamnaid he lops, Polish ciąć to cut, and perhaps to Latin tondēre to shear

First Known Use: 1519

Related to TOME

Synonyms: book, volume

Related Words: hardback, hardcover, paper, paperback, paperbound, pocket book, pocket edition, softback, softcover, trade book, trade edition; folio, quarto; guidebook, handbook, how-to, manual; catalog (or catalogue), cyclopedia (also cyclopaedia), dictionary, encyclopedia; monograph, primer, text, textbook, tract, treatise; novel, novelette, pulp; album, almanac, anthology, casebook, chapbook, nonbook, omnibus, picture book

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Other Publishing Terms

annotate, dreadful, emend, expurgate, factoid, jump, lobster shift, redaction, referee

Rhymes with TOME

chrome, comb, combe, dome, foam, gloam, gnome, home, loam, mome, nome, ohm, om, pome, roam, Rom, Rome