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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: abregier, from Late Latin abbreviare; ABBREVIATE

abridged

 adjective
     
a‧bridged [usually before noun]
an abridged book, play etc has been made shorter but keeps its basic structure and meaning:
The abridged edition was published in 1988.
—abridge verb [transitive]
—abridgement also abridgment noun [uncountable and countable]
WORD FOCUS: short WORD FOCUS: short
speech/piece of writing: brief, concise, condensed, abridged
person: not very tall, little, tiny, petite
time/event: brief, quick, momentary, fleeting, ephemeral, transient, passing, short-lived
legs/fingers: stumpy, stubby
clothes: skimpy

➔ See also short
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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