excerpt

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
20
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɛɡzɜː(p)t/
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/ˈɛɡzɜː(p)t/ · /ɛɡˈzɜː(p)t/ · /ɛkˈsɜː(p)t/ · /ˈɛksɜː(p)t/ · /ˈɛɡzɝ(p)t/ · /ɛɡˈzɝ(p)t/ · /ɛkˈsɝ(p)t/ · /ˈɛksɝ(p)t/ · /ˈeɡzɜː(p)t/ · /eɡˈzɜː(p)t/ · /ekˈsɜː(p)t/ · /ˈeksɜː(p)t/

Definition of excerpt

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.
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noun

  1. A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition.

verb

  1. (transitive)To select or copy sample material (excerpts) from a work.
    “out of which we have excerpted the following remarkable particulars”

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Etymology

From Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere (“to pick out”), from ex (“out”) + carpere (“to pick, pluck”).

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