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elfin

/'/E/lf/I/n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf

    adj.pert

    Examples
    Elfin bells.
    All the little creatures joined in the elfin dance.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Relating to elves.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. A little elf or urchin.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness

    adj.all

    Examples
    Thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning.
    Synonyms fey

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. small and delicate

    adj.all

    Examples
    She was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate.
    Obsessed by things elfin and small.
    Synonyms elflike

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. usually good-naturedly mischievous

    adj.all

    Examples
    Perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight.
    Synonyms elfish elvish

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

eleven-sidedeleventheleventh cranial nerveeleventh hourelfelf cupelfishelfishlyelfishnesselfkinelflandelflike

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