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parrot
English
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.
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: p?r??t, IPA(key): /?pæ??t/, /?p???t/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: p?r??t, IPA(key): /?pæ??t/
- (Mary–marry–merry merger)
- Rhymes: -æ??t
- Hyphenation: par?rot
Noun
parrot (plural parrots)
- A kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.
- Synonyms: (bird of the order Psittaciformes) psittacine, popinjay
- (figuratively) A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.
- Synonyms: copycat, mimic
- 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The American Scholar,
- 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.
- (archaic) A puffin.
- Synonyms: sea-parrot, tomnoddy
- (geology, obsolete) Channel coal.
- (aviation, slang) A transponder.
Hyponyms
- (kind of bird): budgerigar, kakapo, lorikeet, lory, lovebird, macaw, parakeet, rosella
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- Polly
- popinjay
- Dead Parrot
- who's a pretty boy then
Verb
parrot (third-person singular simple present parrots, present participle parroting, simple past and past participle parroted or parrotted)
- (transitive) To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.
- 1996, Bill Clinton, Presidential Radio Address (15 June)
- So when political leaders parrot the tobacco company line, say cigarettes are not necessarily addictive, and oppose our efforts to keep tobacco away from our children, they continue to cater to powerful interests, but they're not standing up for parents and children.
- 1996, Bill Clinton, Presidential Radio Address (15 June)
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:parrot.
Synonyms
- (to repeat exactly): ape, copycat
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- raptor
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emulate
English
Alternative forms
- æmulate (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??m.j?.le?t/
- Hyphenation: em?u?late
Verb
emulate (third-person singular simple present emulates, present participle emulating, simple past and past participle emulated)
- (now rare) To attempt to equal or be the same as.
- To copy or imitate, especially a person.
- (obsolete) To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 146:
- But the councell then present emulating my successe, would not thinke it fit to spare me fortie men to be hazzarded in those unknowne regions [...].
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 146:
- (computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
Related terms
- emulation
- emulator
- emulous
Translations
Adjective
emulate (comparative more emulate, superlative most emulate)
- (obsolete) Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.
See also
- mimic
- copy
- imitate
- simulate
Anagrams
- metulae
Italian
Verb
emulate
- second-person plural present indicative of emulare
- second-person plural imperative of emulare
- feminine plural of emulato
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