Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or suggestive of an elf.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An elm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A female
elf , afairy ,nymph - adjective belonging to, or relating to,
elves .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Humorously, they come up with fancy names for the scripts – like elven is written in “Rellanic” – but then they don’t use that term in the visual example graphics, just calling it “Elven script.”
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The elven woman whipped toward me, her lips twitching like a hungry rabbit.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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Really thought it was funny that Stephen questioned the usefulness of the elven tribe that D&D brian is in because of his low rolls.
Critical Hit #22: How the other half live - Part 3 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Ivy~ about 5ft2in tall and and an elven build, about a 30c.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » CarsonArtist’s Review Forum 2009
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Both have happy, dancing, elven-like beings in their households.
Twelve Reasons Santa Might Be A Vampire, And Why That’s Kind Of Awesome | Her Bad Mother 2009
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Bedhead had no truck with elven princes, of that I was quite sure.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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The elven prince had finally relaxed his rather minimal dress code of tunics and torcs a few months ago, just as he had relaxed his vigilance.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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Robert snapped out a wing, startling an elven waitress into nearly spilling her drink.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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The elven prince sat in his usual place on the couch, bristling with a lethal sort of quiet.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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Text is always an innocuous beam of pure starlight which personal experience * never* has any sort of bearing on; it merely enters through your ajna chakra and slips down slowly into your throat, from which elegant and suitably academic explications de texte flow like the finest lavender honey made by lissome elven beekeepers.
ok so now I'm getting peeved. bossymarmalade 2009
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