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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness;
- Example: "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning"
- Example: "the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"- John Mason Brown
[syn: elfin, fey]

2. small and delicate;
- Example: "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"
- Example: "obsessed by things elfin and small"
[syn: elfin, elflike]

3. relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf;
- Example: "elfin bells"
- Example: "all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance"

4. usually good-naturedly mischievous;
- Example: "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight"
- Example: "elvish tricks"
[syn: elfin, elfish, elvish]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Thecla \Thec"la\, n.
   Any one of many species of small delicately colored
   butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; --
   called also hairstreak, and elfin.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Elfin \Elf"in\ (-[i^]n), a.
   Relating to elves.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Elfin \Elf"in\, n.
   A little elf or urchin. --Shenstone.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

elfin
    adj 1: 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 [syn: elfin,
           fey]
    2: small and delicate; "she was an elfin creature--graceful and
       delicate"; "obsessed by things elfin and small" [syn:
       elfin, elflike]
    3: 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: usually good-naturedly mischievous; "perpetrated a practical
       joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks" [syn: elfin,
       elfish, elvish]