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Word of the Day – Compendium

By October 19, 2020Word of the Day

Compendium (noun)

kom-pen-dee-um

A collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject, especially in a book or other publication.

Late 16th century from Latin, ‘profit, saving’ (literally ‘what is weighed together’), from compendere, from com- ‘together’ + pendere ‘weigh’.

Example sentences

“She’d collected a compendium of information.”

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