elfin

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elfin Definition

• (a) relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf; "elfin bells"; "all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance"
• (s) 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
• (s) small and delicate; "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"; "obsessed by things elfin and small"
• (s) usually good-naturedly mischievous; "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks"

elfin Synonyms

• elfin
• elfish
• elflike
• elvish
• fey