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tome

Pronunciation: /təʊm/

The English word “tome” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. One in a series of volumes.
  2. A large or scholarly book.

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, “to cut, separate”).

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