Elfin
['elfɪn] or ['ɛlfɪn]
Definition
(adj.) small and delicate; 'she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate'; 'obsessed by things elfin and small' .
(adj.) suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness; 'thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning'; 'the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday'- John Mason Brown .
(adj.) usually good-naturedly mischievous; 'perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight'; 'elvish tricks' .
(adj.) relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf; 'elfin bells'; 'all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance' .
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Definition
(a.) Relating to elves.
(n.) A little elf or urchin.
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Examples
- He looked up at her with his full, elfin eyes startled. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She had an elfin chin that was capable of great expression; and whenever she gave this look, she hitched this chin up. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Bring me here, with elfin speed, The fragrant philter which I need. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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