Capʹulet.

A noble house in Veroʹna, the rival of that of Monʹtague (3 syl.); Juliet is of the former, and Romeo of the latter Lady Capulet is the beauideal of a proud Italian matron of the fifteenth century. The expression so familiar, “the tomb of all the Capulets,” is from Burke. (Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.