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VADE MECUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vade mecum mean?
• VADE MECUM (noun)
The noun VADE MECUM has 1 sense:
1. a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location
Familiarity information: VADE MECUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
enchiridion; handbook; vade mecum
Hypernyms ("vade mecum" is a kind of...):
book of facts; reference; reference book; reference work (a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vade mecum"):
manual (a small handbook)
bible (a book regarded as authoritative in its field)
guide; guidebook (something that offers basic information or instruction)
ready reckoner; reckoner (a handbook of tables used to facilitate computation)
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