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