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vade-mecum

vade-mecum is the alternative form of vade mecum.

Meaning of vade mecum

Noun

vade mecum (plural vade mecums)

  1. A referential book such as a handbook or manual, especially one that is pocketable.
  2. A useful object, constantly carried on one's person.

Forms of vade-mecum

pluralvade-mecums

Questions about vade-mecum

What is vade-mecum the alternative form of?
Vade-mecum is the alternative form of vade mecum.

Words near vade-mecum in the dictionary

  1. vadas
  2. vadding
  3. vade
  4. vade mecum
  5. vade mecums
  6. vade-mecum
  7. vade-mecums
  8. vaded
  9. Vadel
  10. vadelect
  11. vadelects

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vade-mecum (page history and authors); vade mecum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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