Obs. [ad. L. compendiāt- ppl. stem of compendiāre to contract, f. compendi-um.] Contracted, diminutive.
1593. Nashe, Christ’s T. (1613), 123. In the round compendiate bladder of thy braine. Ibid. (1599), Lenten Stuffe, Ep. Ded. Your diminutiue excelsitude and compendiate greatnesse.
