Popinjay
Pronunciation : Pop"in*jay
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. popingay, papejay, OF. papegai, papegaut; cf. Pr. papagai, Sp. & Pg. papagayo, It. pappagallo, LGr. gallus cock, or the same word as E. jay, F. geai. Cf. Papagay.]
Definition : 1. (Zo?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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913