Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A useful thing that one constantly carries about.
- n. A book, such as a guidebook, for ready reference.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A book or other thing that a person carries with him as a constant companion; a pocket-companion; a manual; a handbook.
Wiktionary
- n. A referential book such as a handbook or manual.
- n. A useful object, constantly carried on one’s person.
GNU Webster's 1913
- A book or other thing that a person carries with him as a constant companion; a manual; a handbook.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location
Etymologies
- Latin vāde mēcum, go with me : vāde, sing. imperative of vādere, to go + mē : ablative sing. of egō, I + cum, with.
Examples
“Their teachings and monitions have been the political vade mecum of my life.”
Recollections and reflections : an auto of half a century and more,
“William Dean Howells devoted two long reviews to it, and overnight the book became the vade mecum of the intelligentsia of the day: as an eminent sociologist told Veblen, “It fluttered the dovecotes of the East.””
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘vade mecum’.
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Logolepsy
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words-for-apocalipstick
all your words are belong to me.
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moving constants
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These words are about words.
words on words. yyep.
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jmjarmstrong JM asks the question "Does facebook qualify as a vade mecum?" Feb 5, 2009
mechanolatry Latin -- go with me
1. A referential book such as a handbook or manual.
2. A useful object, constantly carried on one’s person.
Jan 29, 2009
quotato Latin "Go With Me"---a pocket handbook=vade mecum Dec 7, 2007