Found 2 items, similar to tome.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tome tome n : a (usually) large and scholarly book
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tome Tome \Tome\, n. [F. tome (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. tomo), L. tomus, fr. Gr. ? a piece cut off, a part of a book, a volume, akin to ? to cup, and perhaps to L. tondere to shear, E. tonsure. Cf. Anatomy, Atom, Entomology, Epitome. ] As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of a larger work; a book; -- usually applied to a ponderous volume. [1913 Webster] Tomes of fable and of dream. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] A more childish expedient than that to which he now resorted is not to be found in all the tomes of the casuists. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]