"compendious" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more compendious [comparative], most compendious [superlative]
Etymology: From Old French compendieux, from Latin compendiosus (“advantageous, abridged, brief”), from compendium. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)pend-}}, {{uder|en|fro|compendieux}} Old French compendieux, {{uder|en|la|compendiosus||advantageous, abridged, brief}} Latin compendiosus (“advantageous, abridged, brief”), {{m|la|compendium}} compendium Head templates: {{en-adj}} compendious (comparative more compendious, superlative most compendious)
  1. containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized Translations (containing a subset of words): сбит (sbit) (Bulgarian), съкратен (sǎkraten) (Bulgarian), кра́ткий (krátkij) [masculine] (Russian), сжа́тый (sžátyj) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-compendious-en-adj-A9xrahle Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 54 46 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'containing a subset of words': 98 2
  2. briefly describing a body of knowledge
    Sense id: en-compendious-en-adj-RJ0oIcod Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 54 46 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: compendium, compendia

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