Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete form of marmoset.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun See marmoset.

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  • noun Archaic form of marmoset.

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Examples

  • I have seen her in the same day as changeful as a marmozet and as stubborn as a mule.

    The Fortunes of Nigel 2004

  • We address ourselves more particularly to those whose animal part -- every man is said to resemble, in some respect, one of the lower animals -- is made up of the marmozet and the puppy.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 Various

  • I have seen her in the same day as changeful as a marmozet, and as stubborn as a mule.

    Euphony. 1908

  • I had nothing but the spangled frock on my back, and thinking to make some use of my sole possession I set out as a dancer with the flute-player of the company, a good-natured fellow that had a performing marmozet from the

    The Valley of Decision Edith Wharton 1899

  • A king's son, though with the bar sinister on his shield, is at least a match for this marmozet of

    The Talisman 1894

  • I would as soon wrap your too-celebrated tunic about a little playful marmozet.

    Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy Edmund Gosse 1888

  • To snare the nimble marmozet, "says CALIBAN, in The Tempest."

    The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton John Burroughs 1879

  • I have seen her in the same day as changeful as a marmozet and as stubborn as a mule.

    The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801

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