compendium

com·pen·di·um

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

Examples of COMPENDIUM

1. a one-volume compendium of information
2. 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

Related Words: almanac, ana, analects, chapbook, digest, garland, symposium; casebook, sourcebook; archives, corpus, library, miscellanea

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