Morceau
//ˈmɔː(ɹ)səʊ// noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A small bit; a morsel or snippet.
"M. De Luc has a specimen of the uranite (Peckblend) mixed with titan and crystals of quartz, a morceau of singular beauty"
- 2 a short literary or musical composition wordnet
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More examples"M. De Luc has a specimen of the uranite (Peckblend) mixed with titan and crystals of quartz, a morceau of singular beauty"
Etymology
From French morceau, from Old French morsel, from Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”), diminutive of Latin morsum (“a bit”), neuter of morsus, past participle of mordeō, mordēre (“bite, nibble, gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to rub, wipe; to pack, rob”). Doublet of morsel.
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