Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (II) Communication of Ideas
Section III. Means of Communicating Ideas
3. Written Language

596. Compendium.

   NOUN:COMPENDIUM, compend, abstract, précis [F.], epitome, multum in parvo [L.], analysis, pandect, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, abrégé [F.], summary, aperçu [F.], draft, minute, note; excerpt, extract; synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus.
  ALBUM; scrap -, note -, memorandum -, commonplace- book.
  FRAGMENTS, ana, extracts, excerpta [L.], cuttings; fugitive -pieces, – writings; spicilegium [L.], flowers, anthology, miscellany, collectanea, analects or analecta; compilation.
  RECAPITULATION, résumé [F.], review.
  ABBREVIATION, abbreviature; contraction; shortening [See Shortness]; compression [See Contraction].
   VERB:ABRIDGE, abstract, epitomize, summarize; make -, prepare -, draw -, compile- an abstract &c. n.; abbreviate (shorten) [See Shortness]; condense (compress) [See Contraction].
  COMPILE (collect) [See Assemblage]; note down, collect, edit.
  RECAPITULATE, review, skim, run over, sum up.
   ADJECTIVE:COMPENDIOUS, synoptic, analectic; abrégé [F.], abridged &c. v.; abbreviatory; analytic or analytical; variorum.
   ADVERB:IN SHORT, in epitome, in substance, in few words.
   QUOTATIONS:

1. It lies in a nutshell.
2. Infinite riches in a little room.—Marlowe
3. In small proportions we just beauties see.—Jonson