1) An archaic term for a parrot 2) Egoist 3) Egotist 4) French word used in English 5) Swellhead 6) Vain and talkative person
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1) Dandy 2) Fop 3) Snob
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- a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot)
- archaic
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[sport] Also called `Pole Archery` Popinjay or Popingo (signifying a painted bird) is a shooting sport that can be performed with either rifles or archery equipment. The rifle form is a popular diversion in Denmark; a Scottish variant is also known. The archery form is popular in Belgium and is shot occasionally in the United Kingdom under ...
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conceited person
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• (n.) A target in the form of a parrot. • (n.) A parrot. • (n.) A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb. • (n.) The green woodpecker.
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1. <zoology> The green woodpecker. A parrot. 'The pye and popyngay speak they know not what.' (Tyndale) ... 2. A target in the form of a parrot. ... 3. A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb. 'To be so pestered with a popinjay.' ... Origin: OE. Popingay, papejay, OF. Papegai, papegaut; cf. Pr. Papagai, Sp. & Pg. Papagayo, It. Pappagallo, ...
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Pop'in·jay noun [ Middle English
popingay ,
papejay , Old French
papegai ,
papegaut ; confer Pr.
papagai , Spanish & Portuguese
papagayo , Italian
pappagallo , LGr. ..., NGr. ...; in which the first syllables are perhaps imitative of the bird's chatte...
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The popinjay was originally a parrot, and then a mark like a parrot, which was put on a pole to be shot at by archers as a test of skill.
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n] - a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot) 2. [n] - archaic
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noun archaic
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