[ noun ] a (usually) large and scholarly book <noun.communication>
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.
Tomes of fable and of dream. --Cowper.
A more childish expedient than that to which he now resorted is not to be found in all the tomes of the casuists. --Macaulay.
Nor the wild boar used for Captain Baden-Powell's tome on Pig Sticking.
The tome covers vinegar's history, commercial production, how to make it at home, and medicinal uses.
But Abrell uses his best stage voice and draws on his carnival days when talking up the tome.
This is a word which does not occur in Doctor Illingworth's great tome.
Presumably, someone at the Bank has done a little bit of retail price maintenance research to make sure that if the Pounds 4 tome does get transferred to the remaindered pile, its price is not quickly devalued.
In June, Balliett's second tome of Nantucket ghost stories will be published, this time with even more accounts.
An advertisement at the back of the latest issue plugs an invaluable tome for that same audience: 'How to survive an Inland Revenue investigation'.