Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - popinjay
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noun Etymology: Middle English papejay parrot, from Middle French papegai, papejai, from Arabic babgha' Date: 1596 a strutting supercilious person ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a fop, a conceited person, a coxcomb. 2 a archaic a parrot. b hist. a figure of a parrot on a pole as a mark to shoot at. Etymology: ME f. AF papeiaye, OF papingay etc. f. Sp. papagayo f. Arab. babaga: assim. to JAY ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. фат, щеголь, хлыщ 2. диал. зеленый дятел 3. уст. попугай 4. геральд. девиз с изображением попугая 5. ист. мишень для стрельбы в виде попугая ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1270, "a parrot," from O.Fr. papegai, from Sp. papagayo, from Ar. babagha', from Pers. babgha "parrot," possibly imitative of its cry. Used of people in a complimentary sense in M.E., meaning "vain, talkative person" is first recorded 1528. Obsolete fig. sense of "a target to shoot at" is explained by Cotgrave's 2ns sense definition as "also a woodden parrot (set up on the top of a steeple, high tree, or pole) whereat there is, in many parts of France, a generall shooting once euerie yeare; and an exemption, for all that yeare, from La Taille, obtained by him that strikes downe" all or part of the bird. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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