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compendium

[ kuhm-pen-dee-uhm ]

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noun

plural compendiums, compendia

a brief treatment or account of a subject, especially an extensive subject; concise treatise:
a compendium of medicine.
Synonyms: , ,
a summary, epitome, or abridgment.
a full list or inventory:
a compendium of their complaints.

compendium

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noun

a book containing a collection of useful hints
a selection, esp of different games or other objects in one container
a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work

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Word History and Origins

Origin of compendium¹

1575–85; < Latin: gain, saving, shortcut, abridgment, equivalent to com- com- + pend- (stem of pendere to cause to hang down, weigh) + -ium -ium

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Word History and Origins

Origin of compendium¹

C16: from Latin: a saving, literally: something weighed, from pendere to weigh

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Popular Bachardy books like “Hollywood” and “Stars in My Eyes” are compendiums of many of those movie star drawings, and lots of them are very good.

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His 55-minute set of variations, his last major work — and his largest — for solo piano is a compendium of what the composer could do and what the keyboard instrument of 1825 could do.

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Her complaint contains a footnote stating that the messages, including a 22-page compendium of texts submitted as an exhibit with the complaint, came through the “legal process, including a civil subpoena.”

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A cultural compendium and also a meditation, “Black in Blues” will inspire other great minds.

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This statement is as solid a compendium of financial ignorance as one might wish, even coming from a U.S.

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compendious compensable

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