Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A bit; a morsel; a small piece.
- n. A short piece or a passage of a literary composition.
- n. In music:
- n. A short composition, usually of simple character.
- n. An excerpt or extract.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A bit; a morsel.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a short literary or musical composition
Etymologies
- French (Wiktionary)
Examples
“So choice a morceau was the very thing that every body wanted; and, in the course of his journey, subscriptions poured in to the extent of one thousand; and Mr.C. on his return, after what might be called a triumph, discovered the elasticity of his spirit; smiling at past depressions, and now, on solid ground, anticipating ease, wealth, and fame.”
Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey
“But that needn't preclude us from savouring just what makes Coleridge's little "morceau" so delicious for our consideration of Hazlitt's periodical criticism.”
“Your description of Tangier will be another interesting 'morceau' for her.”
“If the woman ahead of you didn't want any hole in her Emmental, she should have asked for “un morceau de GRUYERE”! ... yet, another Swiss cheese, but, unlike the Emmental, it has no hole in it.”
“Bravely, I walked into a luscious-looking fromagerie in Lucerne and proudly asked the fromager for "un morceau de fromage suisse", hoping to buy some emmenthal.”
“If the woman ahead of you didn't want any hole in her Emmental, she should have asked for “un morceau de GRUYERE”!... yet, another Swiss cheese, but, unlike the Emmental, it has no hole in it.”
“Vous n'êtes pas accueilli ici, vous peu de morceau de merde.”
“Merci, merci, pour partager ce petit morceau charmant de la vie provencal.”
“Il a une tres grande cage et tout en haut j'ai pendu une caisse de coin pour furet que je remplis de foin. je la mets en hauteur pour qu'il ne fasse pas ses besoins dedans et il n'y a pas grand espace entre le toit de la cage et la boite et lui est quand meme un morceau bien que lapin nain.”
“Donc en gros si j'avais coupé une tranche a la dame, sa tranche aurait ete bonne jusqu'au 22 en fait alors que le gros morceau sur lequel j'ai coupé si on regarde dans le classeur de DLC (date limite conso) va jusqu'au 29 mars!”
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