excerpt
noun
• a short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing.
• "she read out excerpts from an article in the Times"
Similar:
extract,
part,
section,
piece,
portion,
fragment,
snippet,
clip,
bit,
selection,
reading,
citation,
quotation,
quote,
line,
paragraph,
passage,
scene,
verse,
stanza,
canto,
cite,
pericope,
excerpt
verb
• take (a short extract) from a text.
• "the notes are excerpted from his forthcoming biography"
Origin:
mid 16th century (as a verb): from Latin excerpt- ‘plucked out’, from the verb excerpere, from ex- ‘out of’ + carpere ‘to pluck’.
