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  • proper noun fantasy The language spoken by elves.

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Examples

  • The novel builds to a literally explosive climax, as what seems to be a simple death investigation (a slain Elvish diplomat and a murdered street kid) turns into a transnational struggle for control of the Guild.

    Unquiet Dreams Jes Battis 2008

  • For Oscar, his obsession with fantasy and science fiction becomes isolating, separating him from his peers so much so that he almost cannot communicate with themas if he speaks a different language (and at one point he actually speaks in Elvish).

    The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz: Questions 2007

  • Disconcerting, isn't it, to open up a magazine and see your name over a story that looks like it's written in Elvish?

    My Name on the Cover Bill Crider 2007

  • The differences between Qenya Elvish and Sindarin Elvish, we've been really careful not to muddle them up, to make sure the grammar is correct.

    March 2006 2006

  • Unless somehow abuse of power could justify a legal injunction, like a Declaration of Independence only written in Elvish?

    Lord of the Rings as Property Law : Law is Cool 2008

  • Vampire Weekend, stripped of their habitual Afro-pop swaddling, work the harpsichord-tinged twee of "Jonathan Low" into a pleasingly woolly tangle, though Australian chanteuse Sia’s "My Love" does more with much less — her fragile ballad is so ethereal and otherworldly, it should be sung in Elvish.

    TWILIGHT SAGA NEWS FOR MAY 27TH:TV SPOT, SOUNDTRACK, MOVIE REVIEW & MORE | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010

  • Even the charred curling margins are dense with it, slashed blue signs as unknowable as Elvish turning sideways but never slowing, no room, no time to get it all down.

    Lost Dream 2010

  • Sadly this allows Professor Newt to fly off on an America with more than 300 languages, presumably including Klingon and Elvish – he's that sort of guy.

    Republican debate in Florida – as it happened 2012

  • In about 2 months I * should* be able to just about afford the next print run of The Devil You Know, probably another 500 copies, this batch without the Elvish spelling of my name on the spine.

    Amateur Editors Ahoy! p_n_elrod 2009

  • And I believe you were actually right about the Elvish.

    "I Went to Rejectionist World and It Was Not A Democracy"; Or, Some Thoughts on Our Deep Thoughts 2010

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