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Word of the Day: Catachrestical

Popinjay [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

2. A woodpecker, a bird with a gay head.

3. The green woodpecker, with a scarlet crown, a native of Europe.

4. A gay, trifling young man; a fop or coxcomb.

Popinjay [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The green woodpecker.

3. A target in the form of a parrot.

4. A trifling, chattering, fop or coxcomb.