compendious en · ADJ
Etymology
From Old French compendieux, from Latin compendiosus (“advantageous, abridged, brief”), from compendium.
Meanings
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containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized
AN HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE RAILWAYS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. By Ernest F. Carter. Cassell. 63s. This compendious work, which, with its index, runs to 637 pages, aims to list chronologically the developments of the British railway system.
1960 January, “New reading on railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 26:
- briefly describing a body of knowledge
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most compendious | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more compendious | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
compendiousness · uncompendious · compendiously · incompendious
Relateds
Translations (4)
ru кра́ткий (containing a subset of words) · ru сжа́тый (containing a subset of words) · bg сбит (containing a subset of words) · bg съкратен (containing a subset of words)