piefinchn.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪfɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪˌfɪn(t)ʃ/

Forms: 1700s– piefinch, 1800s– pierinch (Herefordshire).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pie n.¹, finch n.

Etymology: < pie n.¹ + finch n.Attested earlier in surnames, as Thomas Pyvynche (1526), Thomas Pyffynche (1539), William Pywynge (1542), Fabian Pyvinch (1663), etc.

English regional (chiefly midlands).

The chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs. Cf. pied finch n. (a) at pied adj.¹ and n. Compounds 1b.

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1779 H. Man Trifler 10 The chearful piefinch, and all the merry warblers of the wood.

1848 Zoologist 6 2191 In Warwickshire, as elsewhere,..the chaffinch [is] a ‘piefinch’.

1888 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 10 Mar. He be now nigh as bad off as a piefinch, as his missus han laft him.

1973 Times 10 Feb. 16/7 The chaffinch had a name I have yet to find in any book—piefinch.

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

单词	piefinch
释义	piefinchn. Brit. /ˈpʌɪfɪn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /ˈpaɪˌfɪn(t)ʃ/ Forms: 1700s– piefinch, 1800s– pierinch (Herefordshire). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pie n.¹, finch n. Etymology: < pie n.¹ + finch n.Attested earlier in surnames, as Thomas Pyvynche (1526), Thomas Pyffynche (1539), William Pywynge (1542), Fabian Pyvinch (1663), etc. English regional (chiefly midlands). The chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs. Cf. pied finch n. (a) at pied adj.¹ and n. Compounds 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Fringillinae > fringilla coelebs (chaffinch) spinkc1425 chaffinchc1440 sheld-apple1544 shilfa1684 guinet1725 wheat-bird1747 piefinch1779 scobby1800 beech-finch1815 pink1816 twink1816 whitewing1854 spinkie1911 1779 H. Man Trifler 10 The chearful piefinch, and all the merry warblers of the wood. 1848 Zoologist 6 2191 In Warwickshire, as elsewhere,..the chaffinch [is] a ‘piefinch’. 1888 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 10 Mar. He be now nigh as bad off as a piefinch, as his missus han laft him. 1973 Times 10 Feb. 16/7 The chaffinch had a name I have yet to find in any book—piefinch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1779
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