Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Elfish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Elfish \Elf"ish\, a.
Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird;
scarcely human; mischievous, as though caused by elves.
``Elfish light.'' --Coleridge.
The elfish intelligence that was so familiar an
expression on her small physiognomy. --Hawthorne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
elfish
adj : usually good-naturedly mischievous; "perpetrated a practical
joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks" [syn: {elfin},
{elvish}]
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