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Morceau

//ˈmɔː(ɹ)səʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a short literary or musical composition wordnet

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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