compendious Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite briefly giving the gist of something
    compact; summary; succinct.
    • a short and compendious book
    • a compact style is brief and pithy
    • succinct comparisons
    • a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject

WordNet


Com*pen"di*ous adjective
Etymology
L. compendiosus.
Definitions
  1. Containing the substance oe general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.
    More compendious and exeditious ways. Woodward.
    Three things be required in the oration of a man having authority -- that it be compendious, sententious, and delectable. Sir T. Elyot.
    Syn. -- Short; summary; abridged; condensed; comprehensive; succinct; brief; concise.

Webster 1913