English-Thai Dictionary
popinjay
N คน พูด ไร้สาระ มาก คน ช่างพูด เกินไป kon-phud-rai-sa-la-mak
popinjay
N นกแก้ว nok-kea
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
POPINJAY
n. 1. A parrot.
2. A woodpecker, a bird with a gay head.
The green woodpecker, with a scarlet crown, a native of Europe.
3. A gay, trifling young man; a fop or coxcomb.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
POPINJAY
Pop "in *jay, n. Etym: [OE. popingay, papejay, OF. papegai, papegaut;cf. Pr. papagai, Sp. & Pg. papagayo, It. pappagallo, LGr. gallus cock, or the same word as E. jay, F. geai. Cf. Papagay. ]
1. (Zoöl.) (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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
popinjay
pop in jay |ˈpäpənˌjā ˈpɑpənˌʤeɪ | ▶noun 1 dated a vain or conceited person, esp. one who dresses or behaves extravagantly. 2 archaic a parrot. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French papingay, via Spanish from Arabic babbaġā. The change in the ending was due to association with jay .
Oxford Dictionary
popinjay
popinjay |ˈpɒpɪndʒeɪ | ▶noun 1 dated a vain or conceited person, especially one who dresses or behaves extravagantly. 2 archaic a parrot. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French papingay, via Spanish from Arabic babbaġā. The change in the ending was due to association with jay .
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