parrot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: părʹət
ipa: /ˈpæɹət/
enpr: părʹət
ipa: /ˈpæɹət/
ipa: /ˈpɛɹət/
rhymes: -æɹət
Forms: form: parrots
Etymology: First attested in 1525. From Middle French perrot, either a diminutive of Pierre or a shortened form of perroquet (whence also parakeet). Compare French pierrot and Occitan parrat. A number of origins have been suggested for perroquet, such as Spanish periquito and Italian parrocchetto. The relationship between these various words is disputed. Replaced earlier popinjay.
Senses: examples: text: I bought a wonderful parrot at the pet store.
text: Mrs. Merdle was at home, and was in her nest of crimson and gold, with the parrot on a neighbouring stem watching her with his head on one side, as if he took her for another splendid parrot of a larger species.
ref: 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, “Mrs. Merdle’s Complaint”, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC, book the first (Poverty), page 290:
text: This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to see its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies. It's run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot.
ref: 1969 December 7, “Full Frontal Nudity”, in Monty Python's Flying Circus, season 1, episode 8, spoken by Mr Praline (John Cleese), Dead Parrot sketch:
synonyms: word: psittacine
english: bird of the order Psittaciformes
translation: bird of the order Psittaciformes
word: popinjay
glosses: A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.
examples: text: What kind of a parrot are you? He just said that.
text: In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim of society, he tends to become a mere thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men’s thinking.
ref: 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The American Scholar:
synonyms: copycat
mimic
glosses: A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.
synonyms: sea-parrot
tomnoddy
glosses: A puffin.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: channel coal.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A transponder.
Synonyms: word: parrot
Hypernyms: word: bird
Hyponyms: sense: kind of bird
word: budgerigar
sense: kind of bird
word: cockatiel
sense: kind of bird
word: cockatoo
sense: kind of bird
word: corella
sense: kind of bird
word: galah
sense: kind of bird
word: kakapo
sense: kind of bird
word: kea
sense: kind of bird
word: lorikeet
sense: kind of bird
word: lory
sense: kind of bird
word: lovebird
sense: kind of bird
word: macaw
sense: kind of bird
word: parakeet
sense: kind of bird
word: rosella
word: Amazon
word: barnard
word: bluebonnet
word: budgie
word: caique
word: conure
word: gang-gang
word: guaiabero
word: kaka
word: kakariki
word: parrotlet
word: ringneck
Derived terms: word: amazon parrot
word: antbed parrot
word: antbed parrot moth
word: black-headed parrot
word: blood parrot
word: blood parrotfish
word: Brehm's ground parrot
word: Brehm's tiger parrot
word: broad-billed parrot
word: burrowing parrot
word: cockatoo parrot
word: eclectus parrot
word: elegant parrot
word: fig parrot
word: golden-shouldered parrot
word: grass parrot
word: green leek parrot
word: hanging parrot
word: hawk-headed parrot
word: hooded parrot
word: king parrot
word: misparrot
word: monk parrot
word: mountain parrot
word: night parrot
word: orange-bellied parrot
word: orange-winged parrot
word: owl parrot
word: paradise parrot
word: parrot and monkey time
taxonomic: Passer gongonensis
word: parrot-billed sparrow
alt: Paradoxornithidae spp.
word: parrotbill
taxonomic: Banksia sessilis
word: parrot bush
word: parrot coal
taxonomic: Loxia pytyopsittacus
word: parrot crossbill
word: parrot cry
word: parrot disease
word: parroter
word: parrotese
word: parrot feather
word: parrotfeather
word: parrot fever
word: parrotfinch
word: parrotfish
taxonomic: Alstroemeria psittacina
word: parrot flower
word: parrot green
word: Parrothead
word: parrothood
word: parrothouse
word: parrotless
word: parrotlet
word: parrotlike
word: parrot-like
taxonomic: Alstroemeria psittacina
word: parrot lily
word: parrotling
taxonomic: Sarracenia psittacina
word: parrot pitcher plant
taxonomic: Pterostylis nutans
word: parrot's beak orchid
word: parrot's bill
word: parrot snake
taxonomic: Hygrocybe psittacina
word: parrot toadstool
word: parrot-toed
taxonomic: Hygrocybe psittacina
word: parrot waxcap
word: parrot weed
word: parrotwise
word: parroty
word: Pesquet's parrot
word: pissed as a parrot
word: Quaker parrot
word: raven parrot
word: red-capped parrot
word: red-fan parrot
word: red-rumped parrot
word: red-winged parrot
word: sea-parrot
word: sea parrot
word: short-tailed parrot
word: sick as a parrot
word: stochastic parrot
word: strangle the parrot
word: superb parrot
word: swift parrot
word: turquoise parrot
word: vulturine parrot
Related terms: Polly
popinjay
Dead Parrot
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