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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1409-1452, 1515, 1653
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Papejay(e, -jo, Papjoy, -gay, n. [ME. papeiai (a 1310), -iay (Chaucer), but thereafter appar. only north., papeiay (Mandev. (Roxb.), Cath. Angl.), papageye (a 1440), papeioy (a 1450), midl. and south. ME. popeiay (1393), OF. papegay (12th c). Cf. MLG papegoi, MDu. papegaey, Papinga(y and Papingo(e.] The parrot. = Papingo(e n. 1. — c1409-1436 Kingis Quair 110.]
[Vnlike the crow is to the pape-iay c1450-2 Howlat 125 (A).
That was the proper pape iaye [B. papingo, marg. pape io], provde in his apparale c1515 Asloan MS I. 158/25.
The bird that is callit scitacus the pap-ioy 1653 Urquhart Rabelais i. xxiii.
Gargantua … shot at the papgay [F. papegay] from below upwards
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