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Meaning of word elfin from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

elfin adjective

Meaning : Suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness.

Example : Thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning.
The fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday.

Synonyms : fey

Meaning : Small and delicate.

Example : She was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate.
Obsessed by things elfin and small.

Synonyms : elflike

Meaning : Relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf.

Example : Elfin bells.
All the little creatures joined in the elfin dance.

Meaning : Usually good-naturedly mischievous.

Example : Perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight.
Elvish tricks.

Synonyms : elfish, elvish

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