Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See elfish, elfishly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See
elfish . - adjective obsolete Mysterious; also, foolish.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or having to do with
elves . - adjective
elfin .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective usually good-naturedly mischievous
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Examples
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Seattle downtown- some kind of elvish creatures are climbing the building
Galactic North patternjuggler 2003
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Seattle downtown- some kind of elvish creatures are climbing the building
Archive 2003-12-22 patternjuggler 2003
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To make a Secondary World inside which the green sun will be credible, commanding Secondary Belief, will probably require labour and thought, and will certainly demand a special skill, a kind of elvish craft.
Kicking the Hobbit Hodgart, Matthew 1967
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Hearing which the neat, shining, dimpling little Advocate turned his bright eyes from one to the other of us, and tapped his tortoise-shell snuffbox with a kind of elvish joy.
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Olof Arnalds has one of the most distinctive voices around - only in part because she's from Iceland and usually warbles her folk-flavored tunes in her native Nordic tongue, a language often described as "elvish" think
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Olof Arnalds has one of the most distinctive voices around - only in part because she's from Iceland and usually warbles her folk-flavored tunes in her native Nordic tongue, a language often described as "elvish" think
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Olof Arnalds has one of the most distinctive voices around - only in part because she's from Iceland and usually warbles her folk-flavored tunes in her native Nordic tongue, a language often described as "elvish" think
NPR Topics: News 2010
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I'll just post it here, but be warned: this is elvish, treehugging drivel.
Sairahiniel's Sermon nathreee 2010
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My character at Omen is a woodelf priestess of the Goddess of Nature, and I had prepared a small elvish sermon this weekend, but with all the battles there was no time for it.
Sairahiniel's Sermon nathreee 2010
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I'll be honest: the most exciting thing about the film for me was that the climactic segment is set in a steampunk elvish subterranean vault under the Giant's Causeway.
Linkspam for 10-6-2009 nwhyte 2009
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