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Popinjay
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What's The Definition Of Popinjay?
[n] archaic
[n] a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot) Synonyms | Synonyms for Popinjay: Related Terms | Find terms related to Popinjay: See Also | egoist | egotist | parrot | swellhead Popinjay In Webster's Dictionary \Pop"in*jay\, n. [OE. popingay, papejay, OF. papegai,
papegaut; cf. Pr. papagai, Sp. & Pg. papagayo, It.
pappagallo, LGr. ?, NGr. ?; in which the first syllables are
perhaps imitative of the bird's chatter, and the last either
fr. L. gallus cock, or the same word as E. jay, F. geai. Cf.
{Papagay}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The green woodpecker.
(b) A parrot.
The pye and popyngay speak they know not what.
--Tyndale.
2. A target in the form of a parrot. [Scot.]
3. A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb. ``To be so
pestered with a popinjay.'' --Shak.
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