lintie
Scottish diminutive for the linnet (Linaria cannabina), a small finch whose melodious song made it a favourite caged bird.
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#1·May 3, 2026Globalcasual
Scottish diminutive for the linnet (Linaria cannabina), a small finch whose melodious song made it a favourite caged bird. In Scots poetry and song, 'lintie' is a fond term of endearment for a sweet-voiced woman or child, as in Burns's 'bonnie wee lintie'. Now mainly literary and nostalgic in register.
He called her his wee lintie because her singing could fill even the dreariest winter kitchen with warmth.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(archaic, Scotland) A linnet.
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