popinjays

Meaning of popinjays

plural noun
  1. a vain or conceited person, especially one who dresses or behaves extravagantly.
  2. a parrot.

Middle English: from Old French papingay, via Spanish from Arabic babbaġā . The change in the ending was due to association with jay.

Information about popinjays

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of popinjays is: popinjay.
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Hyphenation of popinjays

popin-jays

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • popinjays is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with popinjays

jays, bluejays, deejays, veejays

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