compendium
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| of speech, writing, etc. high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious. |
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| —n , pl -diums, -dia | |
| 1. | (Brit) a book containing a collection of useful hints |
| 2. | (Brit) a selection, esp of different games or other objects in one container |
| 3. | a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work |
| [C16: from Latin: a saving, literally: something weighed, from pendere to weigh] | |
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compendium
1589, from L. compendium "a shortening, saving," lit. "that which is weighed together," from L. compendere "to weigh together," from com- "together" + pendere "to weigh" (see pendant).
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And there's also a helpful compendium of related online and offline resources.
It provides a compendium of links to articles about the field as well.
The result is more a compendium than a unified history.
It published a compendium of the comments it had received and announced significant changes to its proposals.
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