POPINJAYS
Noun
popinjays
plural of popinjay
Source: Wiktionary
POPINJAY
Pop"in*jay, n. Etym: [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.]
1. (Zoöl.)
(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 Edition