compendious

[ kuhm-pen-dee-uhs ]

/ kəmˈpɛn di əs /

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adjective

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.

Nearby words

compd., compeer, compel, compellation, compelling, compendious, compendium, compensable, compensate, compensated acidosis, compensated alkalosis

Origin of compendious

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Latin word compendiōsus. See compendium, -ous

SYNONYMS FOR compendious

summary, comprehensive, succinct, packed.

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Related forms

com·pen·di·ous·ly, adverbcom·pen·di·ous·ness, nounun·com·pen·di·ous, adjective

Can be confused

compendious voluminous

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Examples from the Web for compendious

David Frum on Allen Guelzo's compendious synthesis of new thinking about slavery and its aftermath.
David's Book Club: Fateful Lightning|David Frum|January 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And, therefore, the larger your anticipation is, the more direct and compendious is your search.
The Advancement of Learning|Francis Bacon
To the critic of the schools, ever ready with compendious label, he is the revolutionary destructive.
Voltaire|John Morley
How does its beautiful simplicity also, and compendious brevity, give it rank before the laborious subtleties of Bellarmine!
A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity.|William Wilberforce

Principles which are held as compendious, while their application is extensive, are good principles.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 9|Various
Anyhow, if N. wished us to know real hardship, fever in camp is about the most compendious definition of intense misery I know.
Up the Country|Emily Eden

British Dictionary definitions for compendious

compendious

/ (kəmˈpɛndɪəs) /

adjective

containing or stating the essentials of a subject in a concise form; succinct

Derived Forms

compendiously, adverbcompendiousness, noun

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compendious

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compendious

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