compendious
[kuh m-pen-dee-uh s]
- of or like a compendium; containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise: a compendious history of the world.
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Origin of compendious
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See more synonyms for compendious on Thesaurus.comsummary, comprehensive, succinct, packed.
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Contemporary Examples
David Frum on Allen Guelzo's compendious synthesis of new thinking about slavery and its aftermath.
Historical Examples
Let us diligently follow that, and be compendious with the remainder.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XX. (of XXI.)Thomas Carlyle
How does its beautiful simplicity also, and compendious brevity, give it rank before the laborious subtleties of Bellarmine!
Leibnitz gave a compendious statement of his system in his Monadology .
The Wonders of LifeErnst Haeckel
A native restaurant in its simplest and most compendious shape.
Java, Facts and FanciesAugusta de Wit
It will be sufficient to cite one notorious and compendious example.
What was the Gunpowder Plot?John Gerard
compendious
- containing or stating the essentials of a subject in a concise form; succinct
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Word Origin and History for compendious
adj.
"concise," late 14c., from Old French compendieux, from Latin compendiosus "advantageous, abridged, brief," from compendium (see compendium).
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