marmoset

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails

Borrowed from Middle French marmouset (“a gargoyle; a small child”), probably from marmouser (“to mumble”), of imitative origin.

It was Dr. Fu-Manchu's marmoset. — The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Sax Rohmer
Boro Necklace made of Marmoset Teeth 2. — The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes, Thomas Whiffen
What fine yew-trees cut in the shape of dragons, pagods, marmosets, and all sorts of monsters! — Eloisa : $b or, A series of original letters, Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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