popinjay

«popinjay» in Mova's school dictionary: a parrot — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (popinjays)

meaning for a pupil

1) (old use) A popinjay is a parrot. tree →

2) A popinjay is a vain, showy person who dresses up and likes to be admired. tree →

3) (old use) A popinjay is a wooden bird set up as a target at old shooting contests. tree →

sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a proud and silly show-off; or the wooden bird that archers shoot at

examples

• The vain popinjay strutted about in his silk coat. tree →
• «Ah, you are pleased to jest, popinjay!» said the Queen. tree →
• The archers aimed at the wooden popinjay on the pole. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «popinjay» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.