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Adjectives
(a)
elfin
relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf
“elfin bells”
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“all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance”
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(s)
elfin
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fey
suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
“thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning”
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“the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday” (John Mason Brown)
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(s)
elfin
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elflike
small and delicate
“she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate”
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“obsessed by things elfin and small”
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(s)
elfin
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elfish
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elvish
usually good-naturedly mischievous
“perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight”
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“elvish tricks”
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