| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | com·pen·di·ous |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k m-p n d -s |
| ADJECTIVE: | Containing or stating briefly and concisely all the essentials; succinct. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Late Latin compendi sus, from Latin compendium, a shortening. See compendium. | | OTHER FORMS: | com·pendi·ous·ly —ADVERB
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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