multum in parvo [Lat.], analysis, pandect†, digest, sum and substance,
brief, abridgment, summary, apercu, draft, minute, note; excerpt;
synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads,
prospectus.
album; scrap book, note book, memorandum book, commonplace book;
extracts, excerpta†, cuttings; fugitive pieces, fugitive writing;
spicilegium†, flowers, anthology, collectanea†, analecta†; compilation.
recapitulation, resume, review.
abbreviation, abbreviature†; contraction; shortening &c 201;
compression &c 195.
V. abridge, abstract, epitomize, summarize; make an abstract, prepare
an abstract, draw an abstract, compile an abstract &c n.. recapitulate,
review, skim, run over, sum up.
abbreviate &c (shorten) 201; condense &c (compress) 195; compile
&c (collect) 72.
Adj. compendious, synoptic, analectic†; abrege [Fr.], abridged &c v.;
variorum†.
Adv. in short, in epitome, in substance, in few words.
Phr. it lies in a nutshell.