marmouset

See also: marmoûset

French

Etymology

From a variant of marmonner (“to murmur”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maʁ.mu.zɛ/

Noun

marmouset m (plural marmousets)

grotesque, gargoyle
(colloquial, pejorative) brat, kid

Further reading

“marmouset” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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