tome

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for January 11, 2022 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>tome</strong> &#149; \TOHM\&nbsp; &#149; <em>noun</em><br /> <p>A <em>tome</em> is a large or scholarly book.</p> <p>// The book is a literary <em>tome</em> set during the French Revolution.</p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tome">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"Paul McCartney, the iconic Beatles band member, ... has put out a <em>tome</em> of a memoir. Inside the creator recounts his more than eight decades of songwriting." — Anna Tingley, <em>Reuters</em>, 2 Nov. 2021</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Tome</em> comes from Greek <em>tomos</em>, meaning "section" or "roll of <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/papyrus">papyrus</a>." The Greek is related to the verb <em>temnein</em>, "to cut"; in ancient times, long scrolls of papyrus were divided into sections. When <em>tome</em> was first used in English, it referred to a book that was a part of a multi-volume work or a major part of a single-volume book.</p> <br /><br /> </p> </font>