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mor⋅sel

  [mawr-suhl]
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–noun
1. a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
2. a small piece, quantity, or amount of anything; scrap; bit.
3. something very appetizing; treat or tidbit.
4. a person or thing that is attractive or delightful.
–verb (used with object)
5. to distribute in or divide into tiny portions (often fol. by out): to morsel out the last pieces of meat.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < OF, equiv. to mors a bite (< L morsum something bitten off, n. use of neut. of morsus, ptp. of mordēre to bite) + -el < L -ellus dim. suffix; see -elle
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mor·sel   (môr'səl)   
n.  
  1. A small piece of food.
  2. A tasty delicacy; a tidbit.
  3. A small amount; a piece: a morsel of gossip.
  4. One that is delightful and extremely pleasing.

[Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of mors, bite, from Latin morsum, from neuter past participle of mordēre, to bite; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]
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Morsel

Mor"sel\, n. [OF. morsel, F. morceau, LL. morsellus, a dim. fr. L. morsus a biting, bite, fr. mordere to bite; prob. akin to E. smart. See Smart, and cf. Morceau, Mordant, Muse, v., Muzzle, n.]

1. A little bite or bit of food. --Chaucer.

Every morsel to a satisfied hunger is only a new labor to a tired digestion. --South.

2. A small quantity; a little piece; a fragment.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Morsel
Spanish: bocado,
German: das Stückchen,
Japanese: 一片
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morsel 
c.1290, from O.Fr. morsel (Fr. marceau) "small bite," dim. of mors "a bite," from L. morsus "biting, bite," neut. pp. of mordere "to bite" (see mordant).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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