Emily Dickinson Lexicon

POP'IN-JAY, n. [Sp. papagayo; papa and gayo; Port. id.; It. pappagallo.]

1. A parrot. Grew.
2. A woodpecker, a bird with a gay head. – Peacham. The green woodpecker, with a scarlet crown, a native of Europe. – Ed. Encyc.
3. A gay, trifling young man; a fop or coxcomb. – Shak.