Associations to the word «Compendious»
Noun
Adverb
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Wiktionary
COMPENDIOUS, adjective. Containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized
COMPENDIOUS, adjective. Briefly describing a body of knowledge
Dictionary definition
COMPENDIOUS, adjective. 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".
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.