| elfin | (adj) suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness; ; - John Mason Brown, Syn. fey, Example: thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning; the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday |
| elfin | (adj) small and delicate, Syn. elflike, Example: she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate; obsessed by things elfin and small |
| elfin | (adj) 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 |
| elfin | (adj) usually good-naturedly mischievous, Syn. elvish, elfish, Example: perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight; elvish tricks |
