marmozet

English

Noun

marmozet (plural marmozets)

1. Archaic form of marmoset.
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

     Show thee a jay's nest, and instruct thee how / To snare the nimble marmozet; […]

References

• “marmozet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.