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Definition of Popinjay
1. Noun. A vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot).
2. Noun. An archaic term for a parrot.
Definition of Popinjay
1. n. The green woodpecker.
Definition of Popinjay
1. Noun. A strutting supercilious person; a coxcomb, dandy, fop. ¹
2. Noun. (dated) A parrot ¹
3. Noun. (U.K.) A green woodpecker, ''Picus viridis''. ¹
4. Noun. A wooden parrot, or similar object, stuck on a pole as a target to be shot at. ¹
5. Noun. A heraldic (or other) representation of a parrot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Popinjay
1. a vain person [n -JAYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Popinjay
Literary usage of Popinjay
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"He whose ball or arrow brought down the bird by cutting the string by which it
was hung, received the proud title of " Captain popinjay," or "Captain of the ..."
2. The Classic and the Beautiful from the Literature of Three Thousand Years edited by Henry Coppée (1900)
"THE popinjay. Horseman and horse confessed the bitter pang, And arms and warrior
fell with hollow clang. i HE sheriff of the county of Lanark was holding ..."
3. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1851)
"Mark my words ; if there's a last coachman, the time will come when there will
be a last stoker. Mark that Г THE "popinjay" VINDICATED. Tempus edax rerun». ..."
4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... and some of the above passages, seem to fix it ; unless we suppose the popinjay
some particular species of parrot. t And ..."
5. An English Grammar: Methodical, Analytical, and Historical. With a Treatise by Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner (1874)
"Cœur-cle-Lion was not a theatrical popinjay with greaves and steel-cap on it,
but a man living upon victuals ..."
6. Story-hour Plays by Frances Sankstone Mintz (1915)
"THE APES AND THE popinjay TROOP OF APES popinjay GLOWWORM TIME: Winter PLACE :
Down in a valley The APES and the popinjay are wandering- about, ..."
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