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popinjay

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多嘴而愛裝腔作勢的人,花花公子,綠色的啄木鳥,鸚鵡

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.)
      (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.

資料來源 : WordNet®

popinjay
     n 1: a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot)
     2: archaic
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