Category: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. ]

Defn: 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.