compendious
Meanings
adj
- containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized
- briefly describing a body of knowledge
Word forms
Etymology
From Old French compendieux, from Latin compendiosus (“advantageous, abridged, brief”), from compendium.
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