|
| com·pen·di·um [ kəm péndee əm ] (plural com·pen·di·ums or com·pen·di·a [ kəm péndee ə ]) |
noun |
|
| Definition: |
| |
1. short comprehensive account: a comprehensive but brief account of a subject, especially in book form
|
2. list of items: a list or compilation of various items
  Her letter was a compendium of complaints.
|
| [Late 16th century. < Latin< compendere "weigh together" < pendere (see pensive)] |
