Compendium

Origin

From the Latin compendium ("that which is weighed together”; “a sparing”, “a saving”, “an abbreviation"), from com- ("with") + pendō ("I weigh").

Noun

1. A short, complete summary; an abstract.
2. A list or collection of various items.
• 2008, Caroline Murphy, Murder of a Medici Princess (page 157)It was this last variety which formed the backbone of the first published Italian compendium of games, Innocenzo Ringhieri's One Hundred Games of Liberality and Ingenuity of 1551, dedicated to Cathérine de' Medici.

Related terms

• compendious