Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

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.