ex ‧ cerpt /ˈeksɜːpt $ -ɜːrpt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: past participle of excerpere , from carpere 'to gather, pick' ]
a short piece taken from a book, poem, piece of music etc SYN extract
excerpt of/from
An excerpt of the speech appeared in the Sunday paper.
—excerpt verb [transitive usually passive]