elfin English

Meaning elfin meaning

What does elfin mean?

elfin

— adjective (= 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

— adjective small and delicate she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate obsessed by things elfin and small

— adjective (= elvish) usually good-naturedly mischievous perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight elvish tricks

— adjective relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf elfin bells all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance

Synonyms elfin synonyms

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elfin English » English

elvish

fey

elflike

elfish

sibyllic

secretive

secret

mystical

mysterious

magical

krummholz

inscrutable

imp

fairy

elve

elfinwood

elfin tree

delicate

charming