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tome.

One in a series of volumes.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/təʊm/Received-Pronunciation/toʊm/General-American
  1. One in a series of volumes.

  2. A large or scholarly book.

    The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.
Where this word comes from

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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