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— English words —

• popinjay n. (Now archaic outside heraldry) A parrot.
• popinjay n. (Obsolete) A decorative image of a parrot on a tapestry, cloth etc.
• popinjay n. (Dated) A vain, gaudy person; someone who is shallow or superficial.
• popinjay n. (Archery) A target to shoot at, typically stuffed with feathers or plumage.
• popinjay n. (UK) The green woodpecker, Picus viridis.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• popinjay s. (Araldica) pappagallo.

32 English words from 5 English definitions

archaic Archery cloth Dated decorative etc feathers gaudy green green␣woodpecker heraldry image Now Obsolete of␣a outside parrot person plumage shallow shoot someone stuffed superficial tapestry target The typically vain who with woodpecker

1 foreign word from 5 English definitions

viridis

2 foreign words from the foreign definition

Araldica pappagallo

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

popinjays

12 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

jay Jay OPI pin PIN pop Pop POP pop. Pop␣I pop-in pop␣in

9 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

IPO JNI nip Nip NIP pop Pop POP pop.

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

popinjays poppinjay

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

poppinjay

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