Definitions for popinjay
ˈpɒp ɪnˌdʒeɪpopin·jay

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. popinjaynoun

   a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot)

2. popinjaynoun

   an archaic term for a parrot

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. popinjaynoun

   A strutting supercilious person; a coxcomb, dandy, fop.

2. popinjaynoun

   A parrot

3. popinjaynoun

   A green woodpecker, Picus viridis.

4. popinjaynoun

   A wooden parrot, or similar object, stuck on a pole as a target to be shot at.

5. popinjaynoun

   A heraldic (or other) representation of a parrot.

6. Etymology: papegai, either from παπαγός or from papagayo (also Modern Spanish), from babagha'.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Popinjay

   Etymology: papegay, Dutch; papagayo, Spanish.

   1. A parrot.

   Young popinjays learn quickly to speak. Roger Ascham.

   The great red and blue parrot; there are of these greater, the middlemost called popinjays, and the lesser called perroquets. Nehemiah Grew, Musæum.

   2. A woodpecker. So it seems to be used here.

   Terpsichore would be expressed, upon her head a coronet of those green feathers of the popinjay, in token of that victory which the muses got of the daughters of Pierius, who were turned into popinjays or woodpeckers. Henry Peacham.

   3. A trifling fop.

   I, all smarting with my wounds, being gall’d
   To be so pester’d by a popinjay,
   Answer’d neglectingly, I know not what. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. popinjay

   A popinjay is a vain or conceited person, often who dresses or behaves extravagantly to attract attention. The term can also refer to a type of colorful bird, a parrot, from the old French word 'papegai'.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Popinjaynoun

   the green woodpecker

2. Popinjaynoun

   a parrot

3. Popinjaynoun

   a target in the form of a parrot

4. Popinjaynoun

   a trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb

5. Etymology: [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.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Popinjay

   pop′in-jā, n. a parrot: a mark like a parrot, put on a pole to be shot at: a fop or coxcomb. [O. Fr. papegai—Low L. papagallus—Late Gr. papagas, a parrot; prob. Eastern.]

Matched Categories

1. • Egotist
   • Parrot

How to pronounce popinjay?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say popinjay in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of popinjay in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of popinjay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=popinjay
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Popinjay
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=popinjay
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/popinjay
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=popinjay