Hence Elderberriness (nonce-wd.), used as a mock title, after highness, etc.
1589. Pappe w. Hatchet (1844), 27. His Elderberines … is … like an elderberrie.
1625. Althorp MS., in Simpkinson, Washingtons, Introd. 62. Surrop of elderberries.
1766. Pennant, Zool. (1777), IV. 12 (Jod.). The ova become … almost as large as ripe elder berries.
1840–1. S. Warren, Ten Thous. a-Year, 84/1. Cowslip, currant, ginger, or elderberry wine.
