Etymology

précis

Today it means: A summary or brief: a concise or abridged statement or view. Full definition →

French précis
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  1. French · borrowed fromprécis“summary”
  2. English todayprécis

Borrowed from French précis (“summary”), from a substantive use of its adjectival sense "precise". Doublet of precise.

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