causerie

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

noun

, plural cau·se·ries [koh-z, uh, -, reez, kohz, uh, -, ree].

1. an informal talk or chat.
2. a short, informal essay, article, etc.

causerie

/ ˈkəʊzərɪ; kozri /

noun

1. an informal talk or conversational piece of writing

Word History and Origins

Origin of causerie¹

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; -ery

Word History and Origins

Origin of causerie¹

C19: from French, from causer to chat

Example Sentences

It was their custom to meet once a week, at the house of one or another, for a "causerie," as the avocat called it.

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The first three would make a very good group for a twenty-page causerie.

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In the hands of a pinchbeck Anatole France, how unendurable the review conceived as a causerie would become!

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Those wishing to follow this interesting causerie should read "Montcalm" by M. Thomas Chapais, 1911.

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Early in the seventeenth century the causerie (chat) was highly esteemed in France.

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