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compendium

com·pen·dium

UK/kəmˈpɛn.di.əm/ US/kʌˈmpɛndiʌm/ uncommon

noun

1.

a publication containing a variety of works

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Origin

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

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