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单词 multum in parvo
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multum in parvon.

Brit. /ˌmʌltəm ɪn ˈpɑːvəʊ/, U.S. /ˌməlt(ə)m ɪn ˈpɑrˌvoʊ/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin multum in parvo.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin multum in parvo (apparently not found earlier than in quot. 1653) < classical Latin multum much, plenty, a lot, use as noun of neuter of multus much (see multi- comb. form) + in (see in prep.) + parvō , ablative of parvus little (see parvi- comb. form).Compare post-classical Latin in parvo magnum (5th cent. in Augustine), taken up in 17th-cent. writers as magnum in parvo (1657 in Latin context in N. Billingsley Brachy-martyrologia, 1671 as a work title by Edward Cocker).
A great deal in a small space.Frequently applied to an article, book, etc., which is brief but comprehensive. Frequently in work titles, esp. as popularized by E. Cocker: see quot. 1660.
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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
1653 J. Mullins (title) Multum in parvo: or, a summary narrative..on behalfe of prisoners captived for debt.
1660 E. Cocker (title) Multum in parvo. Or the pen's gallantrie.
1731 E. Thomas Pylades & Corinna Preface p. xvi After a most serious Discussion of this Point with herself, she formed the following Poem, intitled, Predestination: Or, The Resolution; which, considering the Dignity of the Subject, may be stiled Multum in Parvo.
1732 (title) Multum in parvo; or, the jubilee of jubilees.
1751 E. Haywood Hist. Betsy Thoughtless II. Table of Contents p. iii Chap. XIX. Is multum in parvo.
1825 S. Maunder (title) The little lexicon; or, Multum in parvo of the English language.
1828 C. A. Somerset Day after Fair i. i I may say, with justice, we are multum in parvo. We are no stars, sir, but suns.
1836 F. Marryat Three Cutters i, in Pirate & Three Cutters 232 This is the kitchen: is it not admirably arranged? What a multum in parvo!
1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xliii. 192 A multum-in-parvo pocket-knife.
1970 Times 18 Apr. (Saturday Suppl.) p. iii/3 His two latest recorded works are little miracles of multum in parvo, in atmospheric evocation as well as compassion.
1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 11 Jan. 32/2 Explanations of Vermeer's technique are models of clear, tactful exposition, which offer the visitor multum in parvo.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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