compendious

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French compendieux, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin compendiosus (“advantageous, abridged, brief”), from compendium.

Adjective

compendious (comparative more compendious, superlative most compendious)

1. containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized
2. briefly describing a body of knowledge

Related terms

• compendium
• compendia

Translations

containing a subset of words

• Bulgarian: сбит (bg) (sbit), съкратен (bg) (sǎkraten)
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• Russian: кра́ткий (ru) m (krátkij), сжа́тый (ru) m (sžátyj)

briefly describing a body of knowledge

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Anagrams

• pseudomonic