papingo

English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Scots papingo, ultimately from Old French papegai. Cognate to popinjay, German Papagei, Dutch papegaai.

Noun edit

papingo (plural papingos or papingoes)

(Scotland) parrot (bird)
(Scotland) popinjay (bird-shaped target in archery)

Scots edit

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Etymology edit

Ultimately from Old French papegai. Cognate to English popinjay, German Papagei, Dutch papegaai. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun edit

papingo (plural papingoes)

parrot (bird)
popinjay (bird-shaped target in archery)

Descendants edit

→ English: papingo

Further reading edit

“papingo”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

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