poll-parrotn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒlˌparət/, U.S.

/ˈpɑlˌpɛrət/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Poll n.³, parrot n.¹

Etymology: < Poll n.³ + parrot n.¹

= Poll n.³ Also in extended use (cf. parrot n.¹ 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > parrot

popinjaya1387

psittac?a1425

parrota1529

Poll1600

coxcomb bird1734

poll-parrot1768

Polly1826

anthropoglot1828

feather-top1891

psittacine1949

1768 London Mag. 37 310/1 Poll Parrot, Puss, Shugg, and all that generation of little enchanting animals.

1803 G. Colman John Bull iii. ii. 43 Here's two poets, and a Poll parrot, the best image the Jew had over his head, over the mantle-piece.

1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) iv, in Writings I. 30 You've no more manners than a poll-parrot.

1886 Sat. Rev. 6 Mar. 347/1 Their mania for seeing spies in poll-parrots.

1924 E. Sitwell Sleeping Beauty iv. 24 An old man with a gardener's hat and red poll-parrot nose.

1978 K. Bonfiglioli All Tea in China vii. 98 The women, they were like so many poll-parrots swathed in last year's organdie.

1996 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. (Nexis) 9 June 1 c He could talk to the poll parrot on the porch.

Derivatives

ˈpoll-ˌparroty adj. rare = parroty adj.¹

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [adjective]

parroty1822

parrot-like1824

psittaceous1829

poll-parroty1837

psittacine1874

psittacean1890

1837 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 156 A sort of Poll-Parroty bill!

1922 J. Galsworthy Family Man (1923) i. i. 7 (stage direct.) He is..about sixty, shrewd, poll-parroty, naturally jovial, dressed with the indefinable wrongness of a burgher.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

poll-parrotv.

Brit.

/ˈpɒlˌparət/, U.S.

/ˈpɑlˌpɛrət/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: poll-parrot n.

Etymology: < poll-parrot n. Compare parrot v.

1. intransitive. To chatter like a parrot; to talk incessantly or inconsequentially, to prattle. Also: to repeat words or phrases without apparent understanding or thought. Cf. parrot v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (intransitive)] > slavishly or mechanically

slave1589

parrot1596

parrotize1647

poll-parrot1865

the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (intransitive)] > mechanically

chimec1405

pattera1425

parrot1596

parrotize1647

pitter1805

poll-parrot1865

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend I. ii. xii. 271 What are you Poll Parroting at now? Ain't you got nothing to do but..stand a Poll Parroting all night?

2002 Washington Post (Nexis) 22 Jan. c1 He's not just poll-parroting..he has some abstraction abilities.

a. transitive. To talk repetitively or without pause to (a person). Also (with away): to spend (time) in idle or repetitive talk. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (transitive)] > rapidly mechanically

pitter-patterc1500

patter1531

pittle-pattle1549

rote?1606

parrot1640

cuckoo1648

chime1697

thrum1710

chant1812

poll-parrot1865

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend I. ii. xii. 272 I am willing to be silent for the purpose of hearing. But don't Poll Parrot me.

1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes ii. iii. 365 Gerald in his new mood thought only he shouldn't have poll-parroted his life away in humbug and hot air.

b. transitive. = parrot v. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)] > imitate slavishly or parrot

parrot1640

pie1657

poll-parrot1868

copycat1932

parrotize1957

1868 St. Joseph (Mich.) Herald 29 Feb. 1/1 This cry is Poll-Parroted of course from the bond-holders themselves, by the radical press who are their suppliant tools.

1923 H. L. Mencken in Smart Set June 140 Simply poll-parroting..Matthew Arnold, Johann Wolfgang Goethe and all the other old masters.

1939 Sunday Jrnl. & Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 2 Apr. e2 The waitress poll-parroted her line: ‘You can have any kind of short order’.

2002 Korean Times (Nexis) 6 Sept. Lee displayed a strict stand against the North, even inviting criticism that he poll-parroted the hawkish approach of the U.S.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	poll-parrot
释义	poll-parrotn. Brit. /ˈpɒlˌparət/, U.S. /ˈpɑlˌpɛrət/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Poll n.³, parrot n.¹ Etymology: < Poll n.³ + parrot n.¹ = Poll n.³ Also in extended use (cf. parrot n.¹ 2). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > parrot popinjaya1387 psittac?a1425 parrota1529 Poll1600 coxcomb bird1734 poll-parrot1768 Polly1826 anthropoglot1828 feather-top1891 psittacine1949 1768 London Mag. 37 310/1 Poll Parrot, Puss, Shugg, and all that generation of little enchanting animals. 1803 G. Colman John Bull iii. ii. 43 Here's two poets, and a Poll parrot, the best image the Jew had over his head, over the mantle-piece. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) iv, in Writings I. 30 You've no more manners than a poll-parrot. 1886 Sat. Rev. 6 Mar. 347/1 Their mania for seeing spies in poll-parrots. 1924 E. Sitwell Sleeping Beauty iv. 24 An old man with a gardener's hat and red poll-parrot nose. 1978 K. Bonfiglioli All Tea in China vii. 98 The women, they were like so many poll-parrots swathed in last year's organdie. 1996 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. (Nexis) 9 June 1 c He could talk to the poll parrot on the porch. Derivatives ˈpoll-ˌparroty adj. rare = parroty adj.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [adjective] parroty1822 parrot-like1824 psittaceous1829 poll-parroty1837 psittacine1874 psittacean1890 1837 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 156 A sort of Poll-Parroty bill! 1922 J. Galsworthy Family Man (1923) i. i. 7 (stage direct.) He is..about sixty, shrewd, poll-parroty, naturally jovial, dressed with the indefinable wrongness of a burgher. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). poll-parrotv. Brit. /ˈpɒlˌparət/, U.S. /ˈpɑlˌpɛrət/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: poll-parrot n. Etymology: < poll-parrot n. Compare parrot v. 1. intransitive. To chatter like a parrot; to talk incessantly or inconsequentially, to prattle. Also: to repeat words or phrases without apparent understanding or thought. Cf. parrot v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (intransitive)] > slavishly or mechanically slave1589 parrot1596 parrotize1647 poll-parrot1865 the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (intransitive)] > mechanically chimec1405 pattera1425 parrot1596 parrotize1647 pitter1805 poll-parrot1865 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend I. ii. xii. 271 What are you Poll Parroting at now? Ain't you got nothing to do but..stand a Poll Parroting all night? 2002 Washington Post (Nexis) 22 Jan. c1 He's not just poll-parroting..he has some abstraction abilities. 2. a. transitive. To talk repetitively or without pause to (a person). Also (with away): to spend (time) in idle or repetitive talk. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (transitive)] > rapidly mechanically pitter-patterc1500 patter1531 pittle-pattle1549 rote?1606 parrot1640 cuckoo1648 chime1697 thrum1710 chant1812 poll-parrot1865 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend I. ii. xii. 272 I am willing to be silent for the purpose of hearing. But don't Poll Parrot me. 1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes ii. iii. 365 Gerald in his new mood thought only he shouldn't have poll-parroted his life away in humbug and hot air. b. transitive. = parrot v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)] > imitate slavishly or parrot parrot1640 pie1657 poll-parrot1868 copycat1932 parrotize1957 1868 St. Joseph (Mich.) Herald 29 Feb. 1/1 This cry is Poll-Parroted of course from the bond-holders themselves, by the radical press who are their suppliant tools. 1923 H. L. Mencken in Smart Set June 140 Simply poll-parroting..Matthew Arnold, Johann Wolfgang Goethe and all the other old masters. 1939 Sunday Jrnl. & Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 2 Apr. e2 The waitress poll-parroted her line: ‘You can have any kind of short order’. 2002 Korean Times (Nexis) 6 Sept. Lee displayed a strict stand against the North, even inviting criticism that he poll-parroted the hawkish approach of the U.S. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1768v.1865
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