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Definition of compendious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

compendious

adjective
 
/kəmˈpendiəs/
 
/kəmˈpendiəs/
(formal)
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  1. containing all the necessary facts about something
    • a compendious description
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French compendieux, from Latin compendiosus ‘advantageous, brief’, from compendium ‘profit, saving, abbreviation’.
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