causerie

[ koh-zuh-ree; French kohzuh-ree ]

/ ˌkoʊ zəˈri; French koʊzəˈri /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR causerie ON THESAURUS.COM

noun, plural cau·se·ries [koh-zuh-reez; French kohzuh-ree]. /ˌkoʊ zəˈriz; French koʊzəˈri/.

an informal talk or chat.

a short, informal essay, article, etc.

Origin of causerie

First recorded in 1820–30; from French, equivalent to caus(er) “to chat” (from Latin causārī “to plead at law,” derivative of causa “judicial proceedings, legal case, trial”) + -erie; see -ery

Words nearby causerie

cause a commotion, cause-and-effect, cause célèbre, cause list, cause raised eyebrows, causerie, causeuse, causeway, causey, causist, caustic

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Example sentences from the Web for causerie

There was nothing, he found, like a Causerie du Lundi for settling and soothing the troubled spirits.
Crome Yellow|Aldous Huxley
Early in the seventeenth century the causerie (chat) was highly esteemed in France.
Book of Etiquette, Volume 2|Lillian Eichler Watson
I was once booked by my manager to give a causerie in the drawing-room of a New York millionaire.
Essays on Paul Bourget|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
His Sunday holiday was given to the proof-reading of his next day's "Causerie du Lundi."
The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume II (of 2)|Benjamin Ellis Martin

In the hands of a pinchbeck Anatole France, how unendurable the review conceived as a causerie would become!
The Art of Letters|Robert Lynd

British Dictionary definitions for causerie

causerie

/ (ˈkəʊzərɪ, French kozri) /

noun

an informal talk or conversational piece of writing

Word Origin for causerie

C19: from French, from causer to chat

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单词	causerie
释义	causerie [ koh-zuh-ree; French kohzuh-ree ] / ˌkoʊ zəˈri; French koʊzəˈri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR causerie ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural cau·se·ries [koh-zuh-reez; French kohzuh-ree]. /ˌkoʊ zəˈriz; French koʊzəˈri/. an informal talk or chat. a short, informal essay, article, etc. Origin of causerie First recorded in 1820–30; from French, equivalent to caus(er) “to chat” (from Latin causārī “to plead at law,” derivative of causa “judicial proceedings, legal case, trial”) + -erie; see -ery Words nearby causerie cause a commotion, cause-and-effect, cause célèbre, cause list, cause raised eyebrows, causerie, causeuse, causeway, causey, causist, caustic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for causerie There was nothing, he found, like a Causerie du Lundi for settling and soothing the troubled spirits. Crome Yellow\|Aldous Huxley Early in the seventeenth century the causerie (chat) was highly esteemed in France. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2\|Lillian Eichler Watson I was once booked by my manager to give a causerie in the drawing-room of a New York millionaire. Essays on Paul Bourget\|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) His Sunday holiday was given to the proof-reading of his next day's "Causerie du Lundi." The Stones of Paris in History and Letters, Volume II (of 2)\|Benjamin Ellis Martin In the hands of a pinchbeck Anatole France, how unendurable the review conceived as a causerie would become! The Art of Letters\|Robert Lynd British Dictionary definitions for causerie causerie / (ˈkəʊzərɪ, French kozri) / noun an informal talk or conversational piece of writing Word Origin for causerie C19: from French, from causer to chat Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to causerie conference, dialogue, confabulation, deliberation, discussion, yarn, discourse, colloquy, chat, prose, chin, talk, ventilation
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causerie

noun, plural cau·se·ries [koh-zuh-reez; French kohzuh-ree]. /ˌkoʊ zəˈriz; French koʊzəˈri/.

Origin of causerie

Words nearby causerie

Example sentences from the Web for causerie

British Dictionary definitions for causerie

noun

Word Origin for causerie

Words related to causerie