My girlfriend Aisha's uncle Haziq was a popinjay, always wearing brightly-colored suits with neon handkerchiefs falling out of his pockets.
Source: tatoeba (10890945)
Popinjay
//ˈpɑpənˌd͡ʒeɪ//
Synonyms for "popinjay" (45 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (22)
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Translations
21 translations across 9 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- سَطْحِيَّة noun (vain, gaudy person)
- سَطْحِيّ noun (vain, gaudy person)
Bulgarian
2 entries- конте noun (vain, gaudy person)
- франт noun (vain, gaudy person)
Dutch
4 entries- gaai noun (archery: target to shoot at)
- kwastl noun (vain, gaudy person)
- verwaand heerschap noun (vain, gaudy person)
- windbuil noun (vain, gaudy person)
Finnish
4 entries- maali noun (archery: target to shoot at)
- papukaija noun (decorative image of a parrot)
- papukaija noun (heraldic representation of a parrot)
- papukaija noun (archery: target to shoot at)
Macedonian
2 entries- гиздавец noun (vain, gaudy person)
- конте noun (vain, gaudy person)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- هوپپا noun (vain, gaudy person)
Russian
2 entries- фат noun (vain, gaudy person)
- щёголь noun (vain, gaudy person)
Spanish
2 entries- gomoso noun (vain, gaudy person)
- pisaverde noun (vain, gaudy person)
Swedish
1 entries- papegoja noun (heraldic representation of a parrot)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
[I]nnumerable popingayes of ſundry kindes are found chattering in the groues of thoſe fenny places.
Source: wiktionary
The very quintessence of popinjay vulgarity is reached when nicely is made to do service for well, in this wise: "How do you do?" "Nicely." "How are you?" "Nicely."
Source: wiktionary
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