Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Elfin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Elfin \Elf"in\ (-[i^]n), a.
Relating to elves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Elfin \Elf"in\, n.
A little elf or urchin. --Shenstone.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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: {fey}]
2: small and delicate; "she was an elfin creature--graceful and
delicate"; "obsessed by things elfin and small" [syn: {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: {elfish},
{elvish}]
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