aberdevine

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aberdevine

/ˈæb.ə.dəˌvaɪn/ US
/ˈæb.ɚ.dəˌvaɪn/ US

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Attested since the mid 1700s, of obscure origin. Richard Coates suggests that it may derive from Welsh aderyn and draenog with substantial phonological modifications. (The alternative form aber-de-vine shows re-interpretation as a French compound with de.)

noun aberdevines · aberdavine · aberduvine · abadavine

dialectal, obsolete The Eurasian siskin or spruce siskin, Spinus spinus, a small green and yellow finch related to the goldfinch. For quotations using this term, see Citations:aberdevine.

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@misc{aberdevine_2026,
  title = {aberdevine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aberdevine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}