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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Popinjay (0.00807 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Popinjay.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: popinjay popinjay n 1: a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot) 2: archaic
English → English (gcide) Definition: Popinjay Popinjay \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.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The green woodpecker. (b) A parrot. [1913 Webster] The pye and popyngay speak they know not what. --Tyndale. [1913 Webster] 2. A target in the form of a parrot. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] 3. A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb. “To be so pestered with a popinjay.” --Shak. [1913 Webster]
English → English (WordNet) Definition: popinjay popinjay n 1: a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot) 2: archaic
English → English (gcide) Definition: Popinjay Popinjay \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.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The green woodpecker. (b) A parrot. [1913 Webster] The pye and popyngay speak they know not what. --Tyndale. [1913 Webster] 2. A target in the form of a parrot. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] 3. A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb. “To be so pestered with a popinjay.” --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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