compendium
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noun \kəm-ˈpen-dē-əm\ plural com·pen·di·ums or -dia \-dē-ə\
Definition of COMPENDIUM
1
: a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
2
a : a list of a number of items b : collection, compilation
See Examples of COMPENDIUM
- a one-volume compendium of information
- He published a compendium of folk tales.
Origin of COMPENDIUM
Medieval Latin, from Latin, saving, shortcut, from compendere to weigh together, from com- + pendere to weigh — more at pendant
First Known Use: 1589
Related to COMPENDIUM
- Synonyms
- album, collectanea, anthology, compilation, florilegium, miscellany, reader
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