compendium

[ kuhm-pen-dee-uhm ]
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noun,plural com·pen·di·ums, com·pen·di·a [kuhm-pen-dee-uh]. /kəmˈpɛn di ə/.
  1. a brief treatment or account of a subject, especially an extensive subject; concise treatise: a compendium of medicine.

  2. a summary, epitome, or abridgment.

  1. a full list or inventory: a compendium of their complaints.

Origin of compendium

1
1575–85; <Latin: gain, saving, shortcut, abridgment, equivalent to com-com- + pend- (stem of pendere to cause to hang down, weigh) + -ium-ium
  • Also com·pend [kom-pend]. /ˈkɒm pɛnd/.

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British Dictionary definitions for compendium

compendium

/ (kəmˈpɛndɪəm) /


nounplural -diums or -dia (-dɪə)
  1. British a book containing a collection of useful hints

  2. British a selection, esp of different games or other objects in one container

  1. a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work

Origin of compendium

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

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