What does Elvish mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. elfin, elfish, elvishadjective

    usually good-naturedly mischievous

    "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks"

Wiktionary

  1. elvishadjective

    Of or having to do with elves.

  2. elvishadjective

    elfin.

  3. Elvishnoun

    The language spoken by elves.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Elvishadjective

    Relating to elves, or wandering spirits.

    Etymology: from elves, the plural of elf:

    Thou elvish markt, abortive, rioting hog!
    The slave of nature, and the son of hell! William Shakespeare, R. III.

    No muse hath been so bold,
    Or of the latter, or the old,
    Those elvish secrets to unfold,
    Which lie from others reading. Michael Drayton.

Wikipedia

  1. elvish

    Elvish languages are constructed languages used by Elves in a fantasy setting. The philologist and fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien created the first of these languages, including Quenya and Sindarin.

ChatGPT

  1. elvish

    Elvish pertains to anything related to elves, fictional supernatural beings often depicted in folklore and fantasy literature. The term can specifically refer to the languages spoken by elves, particularly those created by J.R.R. Tolkien for his Middle-earth stories. Elvish may also refer to the characteristics, appearance, or culture commonly associated with elves.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Elvishadjective

    pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See Elfish

  2. Elvishadjective

    mysterious; also, foolish

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. elvish

    1. The Tengwar of Feanor, a table of letterforms resembling the beautiful Celtic half-uncial hand of the Book of Kells. Invented and described by J. R. R. Tolkien in The Lord of The Rings as an orthography for his fictional ‘elvish’ languages, this system (which is both visually and phonetically elegant) has long fascinated hackers (who tend to be intrigued by artificial languages in general). It is traditional for graphics printers, plotters, window systems, and the like to support a Feanorian typeface as one of their demo items. See also elder days. 2. By extension, any odd or unreadable typeface produced by a graphics device. 3. The typeface mundanely called ‘Böcklin’, an art-Noveau display font.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Elvish in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Elvish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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