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parakeetn. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Apparently partly a borrowing from Italian. Apparently partly a borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: French perroquet; Italian parrocchetto; Spanish periquito. Etymology: In α. forms < Middle French, French perroquet (1395 in sense 1 as paroquet , 1585 in sense 2), probably a pet form of the male forename Pierre (see Peter n., and compare parrot n.1), although this is uncertain and disputed. In β. forms apparently partly < Italian parrocchetto, although this is only attested later (1618; 1598 in Florio as parochetto , parochito ; probably < Middle French, French perroquet , but this is disputed), and partly < Spanish periquito, although this is also only attested later (c1565; diminutive form of the male forename Perico , pet form of the male forename Pero for Pedro : see Peter n., and compare parrot n.1).The relationships between the French, Spanish, and Italian words are uncertain. As in the case of parrot n.1, an etymology from Spanish pajarote (or a diminutive of that word) has also been suggested for parakeet , but again this encounters chronological and formal difficulties (see discussion at parrot n.1). N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciations with the stress on the first syllables. the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > parakeet α. 1538 in J. B. Paul (1905) VI. 390 To Thomas Kellis, kepar of the King parrocatis. 1581 J. Hamilton Testim. sig. Vv For him and sik vtheris, quha lyk parrokettis enterteneis ye auditouris be clattering tellis. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot iii. 38 In some places Parrocquets are taken after the same manner. 1698 tr. F. Froger 47 Small birds, with fine feathers: among them there are Perroquets, Cardinals, and Colibries. 1713 G. Berkeley in 7 May 2/1 I look on the Beaus and Ladies as so many Parraquets in an Aviary. 1796 J. G. Stedman II. xvii. 32 Beautiful paroquets, which are a species of parrots, but smaller though not less common. 1846 G. Gardner 179 Parroquets,..keeping up an almost continual cry of Parroquet—Parroquet. 1894 B. Torrey 147 He had seen two flocks of paroquets during the winter. 1917 II. 122 [Of] the species of typical Parrots..only one, the Carolina Paroquet, is a resident of the United States. the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [noun] > person the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > parrot-like imitation > one who the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > in specific way > other > one who 1598 W. Shakespeare ii. iv. 83 Come, come you Paraquito, answere me directly vnto this question that I aske. View more context for this quotation 1650 N. Ward 41 Some young Parackettoes now nursing up in the Universities. 1661 K. W. 105 A Cambridge paraketo, is an Outlandish Ape; whose Mimick disposition makes her shape her seacole vestures into the form of the fashion. a1668 W. Davenant (1669) ii. i That damsel is too pert,..you should keep these paraqueetos in a cage. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ II. iv. xxxiii. 341 The young woman..a sort of paroquet in a bright blue dress. 1991 I. Sinclair vi. 155 He had been polished by the dry cheek-buses of fluttering PR parrakeets, breathed on by garlic-chewing agents. 1836 J. C. Loudon (rev. ed.) 266 One of the latest London catalogues (Mason's) enumerates six sorts of early blowing tulips; four perroquets or middle blowers; twenty-two double sorts. Compounds the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Alcidae (auks) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of 1803 W. Bingley II. 534 The Perroquet Auk..is found in flocks in Kamtschatka, in the isles towards Japan, and on the western shores of America. 1857 A. W. Habersham xvii. 333 In the arrangement of its head-feathers, [the unknown auk approaches] the little parrakeet-auk. 1889 at Auklet The parrakeet auklet, Ombria psittacula. 1958 E. T. Gilliard 195/1 The Paroquet Auklet..is also 10 inches in length but is distinguished by a prominent, upcurved, yellowish, parrot-like bill. 2001 20 271 Breeding behaviors in a captive population of parakeet auklets (Cyclorrhynchus psittacula) were observed. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant bearing citrus fruit > lime trees 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore II. 1176 In Jamaica the name Paroquet Burr is..given to them [species of Triumfetta], on account of the green paroquets feeding on their ripe fruits or burrs. 1926 W. Fawcett & A. B. Rendle V. 81 T[riumfetta] Bartramia... Paroquet Bur. 1972 C. D. Adams 455 T[riumfetta] rhomboidea... Paroquet Bur... Apparently rare and not recently collected. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1538 |
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