TOMES

Etymology

Proper noun

Tomes

A patronymic surname.

Anagrams

• -stome, Motes, mesto, moste, motes, o-stem, smote

Noun

tomes

plural of tome

Anagrams

• -stome, Motes, mesto, moste, motes, o-stem, smote

Source: Wiktionary


TOME

Tome, n. Etym: [F. tome (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. tomo), L. tomus, fr. Gr. tondere to shear, E. tonsure. Cf. Anatomy, Atom, Entomology, Epitome. ]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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