popinjay
popinjay is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A target in the form of a parrot. [Scot.]
- 2.A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb. "To be so pestered with a popinjay." Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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