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| of or like a compendium; containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise: a compendious history of the world. |
| com·pen·di·ous (kəm-pěn'dē-əs) adj. Containing or stating briefly and concisely all the essentials; succinct. [Middle English, from Late Latin compendiōsus, from Latin compendium, a shortening; see compendium.] com·pen'di·ous·ly adv. |