aperçu

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A first view; a hasty glance; a rapid survey.
2. n. A summary exposition; a brief outline; a sketch.
3. n. A detached view; an isolated perception of or insight into a subject, as into a system of philosophy.

Wiktionary

1. n. A clever insight.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A first view or glance, or the perception or estimation so obtained; an immediate apprehension or insight, appreciative rather than analytic.
2. n. Hence, a brief or detached view; conspectus; sketch.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a short synopsis