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English to English adjective
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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
source: wordnet30
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Relating to elves. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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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
source: wordnet30
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small and delicate | | Example: she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate
obsessed by things elfin and small
source: wordnet30
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usually good-naturedly mischievous | | Example: perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight
elvish tricks
source: wordnet30 noun
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A little elf or urchin. | | source: webster1913
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