† compendiaryn.adj.
Obsolete.
A. n.
A compendium.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun]
abbreviationa1464
summary1509
breve1523
bridgement1523
abbreviate1531
summulary1533
breviary1547
extract1549
digest1555
brief1563
promptuary1577
abbreviature1578
institute1578
breviation1580
breviate1581
compendiary1589
symbol1594
ramass1596
compendium1608
abridgement1609
digestment1610
digestion1613
epitome1623
abridge1634
comprisal1640
comprisurea1641
syntome1641
medulla1644
multum in parvo1653
contracta1657
landscape1656
comprehension1659
sylloge1686
contraction1697
résumé1782
compend1796
sum-up1848
roundup1884
wrap-up1960
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun] > compendium or abridgment
abridgementa1500
epitome1529
compendie1574
compendiary1589
compendium1589
compend1596
reductory1699
compost1837
condensation1867
redaction1948
1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. **4 Their ouer-fraught Studies, with trifling Compendiaries.
1622 E. Misselden Free Trade 42 An Epitome or Compendiary of all the former Statutes.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 122 A Compendiary and Summary Abridgement.
B. adj.
Compendious, expeditious, brief.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > leading to speedy execution
compendiousc1400
compendiary1609
expeditiousa1616
expediate1672
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adjective]
compendious1388
briefc1430
short1487
short and sweet1545
curted1568
summarc1575
laconical1576
summary1582
succinct1585
totala1586
laconic1589
concisec1590
compendiary1609
press?1611
curt1631
Spartan1644
nutshell1647
severe1680
Lacedaemonian1780
straightforward1806
uncircumlocutory1808
shorthand1822
Spartanlike1838
unwordy1841
nutshelly1843
tight1870
Spartanic1882
unfarced1890
serried1899
taut1916
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [adjective] > of or relating to means > wasting no time or effort
compendiousc1400
compendiary1609
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [adjective] > compendious
compendious1388
compendiary1609
comprehensive1662
polymicrian1829
capsule1938
1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 20 A Compendiary limitation.
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 100 To circumvent some one, and by a compendiary way to reduce him under his power.
a1825 H. Fuseli Lect. x, in J. Knowles Life & Writings H. Fuseli (1831) II. 389 That compendiary method, which..has ruined the Arts of every country, by reducing execution to a recipè.
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