Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - morsel
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Morsel
morsel
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, diminutive of mors bite, from Latin morsus, from mordere to bite — more at mordant Date: 14th century 1. a small piece of food ; bite 2. a small quantity ; fragment 3. a. a tasty dish b. something delectable and pleasing 4. a negligible person II. transitive verb (-seled or -selled; -seling or -selling) Date: 1598 to divide into or distribute in small pieces
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n. a mouthful; a small piece (esp. of food). Etymology: ME f. OF, dimin. of mors a bite f. mordere mors- to bite ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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(morsels) A morsel is a very small amount of something, especially a very small piece of food. ...a delicious little morsel of meat. N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 a small piece of food + of (a morsel of bread | tasty morsels) 2 morsel of hope/wisdom/gossip etc a small amount of hope etc (That's the best morsel of scandal we've had for ages.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1280, from O.Fr. morsel "small bite," dim. of mors "a bite," from L. morsus "biting, bite," from mordere "to bite." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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