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1. (adj.) elfin
of or like an elf.
2. elfin
small and spritely or mischievous.
3. elfin
characterized by dwarfed plant growth:
elfin forest.
4. (n.) elfin
an elf.
Etymology: (1560–70; alter. of ME elven elf, OE elfen, ælfen nymph)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) elfin, fey
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
2. (adj) elfin, elflike
small and delicate
"she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"; "obsessed by things elfin and small"
3. (adj) elfin
relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf
"elfin bells"; "all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance"
4. (adj) elfin, elfish, elvish
usually good-naturedly mischievous
"perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) elfin
relating to elves
2. (noun) elfin
a little elf or urchin
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Sense: of or like an elf.
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 Afrikaans: feë |
 Arabic: جِنّي، فاتِن |
 Bulgarian: елфски |
 Brazilian: élfico |
 Czech: skřítkovský |
 German: Elfen-... |
 Danish: alfe-; nisse- |
 Greek: χαριτωμένος |
 Spanish: delicado |
 Estonian: elfisarnane, haldjasarnan |
 Farsi: جن مانند؛ کوچولو موچولو |
 Finnish: tonttumainen |
 French: de lutin |
 Hebrew: כְּמוֹ שֵׁד |
 Hindi: परी जैसी |
 Croatian: vilinski |
 Hungarian: tündérszerű |
 Indonesian: seperti peri |
 Icelandic: álfa- |
 Italian: di elfo/folletto |
 Japanese: 小妖精の |
 Korean: 작은 요정의 |
 Lithuanian: elfų, elfiškas |
 Latvian: laumas-; burvju- |
 Malay: nakal |
 Dutch: elfachtig |
 Norwegian: alveaktig, alve- |
 Polish: czarodziejski |
 Persian: جن مانند؛ کوچولو موچولو |
 Pashto: پيرى ډوله |
 Portuguese: de duende |
 Romanian: de spiriduş |
 Russian: подобный эльфу; волшебный |
 Slovak: škriatkovský |
 Slovenian: škratovski |
 Serbian: vilenjački |
 Swedish: älv-, älvlik |
 Thai: เกี่ยวกับตัวเอลฟ์ |
 Turkish: peri, cin (gibi) |
 Taiwanese: 小精靈的 |
 Ukrainian: схожий на ельфа; такий, я |
 Urdu: چھلاووں یا پریوں سے متعلق |
 Vietnamese: thuộc hoặc như yêu quái |
 Chinese: 小精灵的 |
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