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.

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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OTHER WORDS FROM compendious

com·pen·di·ous·ly, adverb com·pen·di·ous·ness, noun un·com·pen·di·ous, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH compendious

compendious voluminous

Words nearby compendious

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

Example sentences 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 of compendious

compendiously, adverb compendiousness, noun

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