popinjay

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noun

Plural noun:

popinjays

1.
(now archaic outside heraldry) A parrot.
2.
(obsolete)A decorative image of a parrot on a tapestry, cloth etc.
3.
(dated)A vain, gaudy person; someone who is shallow or superficial.
Đồng nghĩa: fop, macaroni, peacock, barbermonger, beau, blade, blood, buck, carpet knight, cockscomb, dandy, dike, dood, dude, dudelet, exquisite, fashionable, fast man, fine gentleman, fop, foretop, fribble, gallant, go, jack-a-dandy, Jemmy-Jessamy, jetter, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, mignon, petit maître, popinjay, pretty boy, prig, puss-gentleman, smart, spark, spiff, swell, tippy, toff
4.
(archery) A target to shoot at, typically stuffed with feathers or plumage.
5.
(UK)The green woodpecker, Picus viridis.

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fop macaroni peacockbarbermongerbeau blade blood buckcarpet knightcockscombdandy dikedooddudedudeletexquisite fashionablefast manfine gentlemanforetop

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English popinjay, popyngeay, popingay, popejay, from papegai, papejoie et al., (northern) papejai, probably from papagay (compare papagai, papagai), ultimately from Arabic بَبْغَاء (parrot), of imitative origin.