vade-mecumn.

/ˈvɑːdeɪ ˈmeɪkəm//ˈveɪdi ˈmiːkəm/

Forms: Also vade mecum, vademecum.

Etymology: Latin, vāde imperative singular of vādĕre to go + mēcum with me. So French vademecum, Spanish vademecum, Portuguese vademecum (Portuguese also vademeco).

1. A book or manual suitable for carrying about with one for ready reference; a handbook or guidebook. (Sometimes used as the title of such a work.)

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > kind of book > textbook or book of instructions > [noun] > small or concise

handbookOE

manualc1475

porteous1508

enchiridion1541

theatre?1566

vade-mecum1629

handybook?1786

CliffsNotes1959

1629 (title) Vade Mecum: A Manuall of Essayes Morrall, Theologicall.

1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 405 Among the very Ethiopians this book was in such repute, that the Ethiopian Eunuch made it his (Vade mecum) his companion in his journey.

1679 (title) A Vade-mecum for the Lovers of Musick.

1771 H. Fielding Grub-St. Opera Introd., in Wks. 473 It is a sort of family Opera. The husband's vade-mecum; and is very necessary for all married men to have in their houses.

1797 Monthly Mag. 3 128 The Odéon shall possess a literary journal,.. to be a valuable vade-mecum for such persons as are not in the habit of deciding on the merits of theatrical performances.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cci. 103 Aristotle's rules, The vade mecum of the true sublime, Which makes so many poets, and some fools.

1880 J. Muirhead Inst. of Gaius & Rules of Ulpian Introd. p. xv It is the remains..of a handbook for the practitioner; a vade mecum, as modern law-writers would call it.

1927 New Republic 12 Oct. 216/1 His little book, indeed, is a religious document, and might well serve as a vade mecum for all those disillusioned moderns who think that, because they cannot have all, they must be content to accept nothing.

1963 Times 2 May 15/3 In 1935, someone did collect James's prefaces together into what has become a vade-mecum for practitioners (‘required reading’ for students).

1977 Amer. Notes & Queries 15 108/1 From the standpoint of the non-expert buyer.., it is a singularly useful and dependable vademecum.

1983 Archæology Jan.–Feb. 72 This is the book that all of us have been looking for: a reasonably complete vade mecum to every worthwhile site in mesoamerica.

figurative.a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 237 His pocket book, his Vade Mecum, the Abridgement of all Nature, and all Law, his owne heart, and conscience.

2. A thing commonly carried about by a person as being of some service to him.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [noun] > useful thing > carried about with a person

vade-mecum1632

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 355 Gold..was my continuall vade Mecum.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 71 Whose Vade mecum is an Aqua vitæ Bottle.

1678 Young Man's Calling 50 You may safely take it [a maxim] as your vade mecum along with you, in reference to the things of this life.

1774 ‘J. Collier’ Musical Trav. App. 23 To write a pamphlet against the use of a medicine which had been his vade mecum in all his journies.

1966 C. Mackenzie Paper Lives iv. 55 A fellow Jacobean called Horner had won £77 in what are called the Pools and this sum was being used as the financial vade mecum for their escapade.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	vade-mecum
释义	vade-mecumn. /ˈvɑːdeɪ ˈmeɪkəm//ˈveɪdi ˈmiːkəm/ Forms: Also vade mecum, vademecum. Etymology: Latin, vāde imperative singular of vādĕre to go + mēcum with me. So French vademecum, Spanish vademecum, Portuguese vademecum (Portuguese also vademeco). 1. A book or manual suitable for carrying about with one for ready reference; a handbook or guidebook. (Sometimes used as the title of such a work.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > textbook or book of instructions > [noun] > small or concise handbookOE manualc1475 porteous1508 enchiridion1541 theatre?1566 vade-mecum1629 handybook?1786 CliffsNotes1959 1629 (title) Vade Mecum: A Manuall of Essayes Morrall, Theologicall. 1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 405 Among the very Ethiopians this book was in such repute, that the Ethiopian Eunuch made it his (Vade mecum) his companion in his journey. 1679 (title) A Vade-mecum for the Lovers of Musick. 1771 H. Fielding Grub-St. Opera Introd., in Wks. 473 It is a sort of family Opera. The husband's vade-mecum; and is very necessary for all married men to have in their houses. 1797 Monthly Mag. 3 128 The Odéon shall possess a literary journal,.. to be a valuable vade-mecum for such persons as are not in the habit of deciding on the merits of theatrical performances. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cci. 103 Aristotle's rules, The vade mecum of the true sublime, Which makes so many poets, and some fools. 1880 J. Muirhead Inst. of Gaius & Rules of Ulpian Introd. p. xv It is the remains..of a handbook for the practitioner; a vade mecum, as modern law-writers would call it. 1927 New Republic 12 Oct. 216/1 His little book, indeed, is a religious document, and might well serve as a vade mecum for all those disillusioned moderns who think that, because they cannot have all, they must be content to accept nothing. 1963 Times 2 May 15/3 In 1935, someone did collect James's prefaces together into what has become a vade-mecum for practitioners (‘required reading’ for students). 1977 Amer. Notes & Queries 15 108/1 From the standpoint of the non-expert buyer.., it is a singularly useful and dependable vademecum. 1983 Archæology Jan.–Feb. 72 This is the book that all of us have been looking for: a reasonably complete vade mecum to every worthwhile site in mesoamerica. figurative.a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 237 His pocket book, his Vade Mecum, the Abridgement of all Nature, and all Law, his owne heart, and conscience. 2. A thing commonly carried about by a person as being of some service to him. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > [noun] > useful thing > carried about with a person vade-mecum1632 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 355 Gold..was my continuall vade Mecum. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 71 Whose Vade mecum is an Aqua vitæ Bottle. 1678 Young Man's Calling 50 You may safely take it [a maxim] as your vade mecum along with you, in reference to the things of this life. 1774 ‘J. Collier’ Musical Trav. App. 23 To write a pamphlet against the use of a medicine which had been his vade mecum in all his journies. 1966 C. Mackenzie Paper Lives iv. 55 A fellow Jacobean called Horner had won £77 in what are called the Pools and this sum was being used as the financial vade mecum for their escapade. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1629
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