causerie

American  

[koh-zuh-ree, kohz^uh-ree] / ˌkoʊ zəˈri, koʊzəˈri /

noun

plural

causeries

1. an informal talk or chat.

2. a short, informal essay, article, etc.

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causerie British  

/ kozri, ˈkəʊzərɪ /

noun

1. an informal talk or conversational piece of writing

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Etymology

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

Example Sentences

Whatever was the nature of His Majesty's causerie he arrived at Santander seemingly more spruce and sprightly than ever.

From Time Magazine Archive

This work is a literary causerie inspired in part by the reading of Alexandrian criticism, but in larger part by experience.

From Horace and His Influence by Showerman, Grant

And it is just possible that if Goldsmith had kept to this vein of familiar causerie, the public might in time have been attracted by its quaintness.

From Goldsmith English Men of Letters Series by Black, William

My lecture to-night at the Central Music Hall is advertised as a causerie.

From A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things by O'Rell, Max

It is not the causerie of the French, nor the conversazione of Italy, nor is it the Gespr�ch's Unterhaltung of plodding old Germany; but it is an admirable m�lange of all together.

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James