Category: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.