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morsel out

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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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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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