compendious

English

Etymology

From Old French compendieux, from Latin compendiosus (“advantageous, abridged, brief”), from compendium

Adjective

compendious (comparative more compendious, superlative most compendious)

containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized
briefly describing a body of knowledge

Related terms

Translations

containing a subset of words

Bulgarian: сбит (bg) (sbit), съкратен (bg) (sǎkraten)

Russian: кра́ткий (ru) m (krátkij), сжа́тый (ru) m (sžátyj)

briefly describing a body of knowledge

Anagrams

pseudomonic

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