Definition of popinjay

Reference
Dictionary
Encyclopedia
Thesaurus
World Factbook
Spanish Dictionary
Anatomy
Conversion Calculator

Word of the Day
perfunctory
Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
Petersons.com
Add Word of the Day to your personalized My Yahoo! page:
Add to My Yahoo! View RSS Feed
About My Yahoo! and RSS »
  
Search Dictionary:



pop·in·jay  audio  (ppn-j) KEY 

NOUN:
A vain, talkative person.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, parrot, from Old French papegai, from Spanish papagayo, or Old Provençal papagai both from Arabic bab', baba', from Persian babbagh


 Visit our partner's site
Provided by Houghton Mifflin
logoeReference -- Download this interactive reference software to your desktop computer