compendious : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: compendious	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for compendious
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
compendious adj briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide- ranging subject" Synonym(s): compendious, compact, succinct, summary
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Compendious \Compen"dious\, a. [L. compendiosus.] Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized. More compendious and expeditious 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.