'ELF' definitions:
Definition of 'elf'
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Definition of 'Elf'
From: GCIDE
- Elf \Elf\, v. t. To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do. [1913 Webster]
- Elf all my hair in knots. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Elf'
From: GCIDE
- Elves \Elves\, n.; pl. of Elf. [1913 Webster] Elvish \Elv"ish\, a.
- 1. Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See Elfish. [1913 Webster]
- He seemeth elvish by his countenance. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Mysterious; also, foolish. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Elf'
From: GCIDE
- Elf \Elf\ ([e^]lf), n.; pl. Elves ([e^]lvz). [AS. [ae]lf, ylf; akin to MHG. alp, G. alp nightmare, incubus, Icel. [=a]lfr elf, Sw. alf, elfva; cf. Skr. [.r]bhu skillful, artful, rabh to grasp. Cf. Auf, Oaf.]
- 1. An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks. [1913 Webster]
- Every elf, and fairy sprite, Hop as light as bird from brier. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A very diminutive person; a dwarf. [1913 Webster]
- Elf arrow, a flint arrowhead; -- so called by the English rural folk who often find these objects of prehistoric make in the fields and formerly attributed them to fairies; -- called also elf bolt, elf dart, and {elf shot}.
- Elf child, a child supposed to be left by elves, in room of one they had stolen. See Changeling.
- Elf fire, the ignis fatuus. --Brewer.
- Elf owl (Zo["o]l.), a small owl (Micrathene Whitneyi) of Southern California and Arizona. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'elf'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Ariel,
- bad boy,
- bad fairy,
- bad peri,
- banshee,
- Befind,
- booger,
- brat,
- brownie,
- buffoon,
- bugger,
- cluricaune,
- Corrigan,
- cutup,
- devil,
- deviling,
- devilkin,
- diablotin,
- Dingbelle,
- dwarf,
- enfant terrible,
- erlking,
- fairy,
- fairy queen,
- fay,
- Fifinella,
- Finnbeara,
- funmaker,
- gamin,
- gnome,
- goblin,
- gremlin,
- hob,
- Hob,
- Hobgoblin,
- holy terror,
- homunculus,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hooligan,
- imp,
- JD,
- joker,
- jokester,
- juvenile delinquent,
- knave,
- kobold,
- leprechaun,
- Lilliputian,
- little devil,
- little monkey,
- little rascal,
- Mab,
- manikin,
- midge,
- midget,
- minx,
- mischief,
- mischief-maker,
- Oberon,
- ouphe,
- peewee,
- peri,
- pip-squeak,
- pixie,
- poltergeist,
- pooka,
- practical joker,
- prankster,
- puca,
- Puck,
- puck,
- punk,
- punk kid,
- pwca,
- pygmy,
- rapscallion,
- rascal,
- rogue,
- rowdy,
- ruffian,
- runt,
- scamp,
- scapegrace,
- shrimp,
- spoiled brat,
- sprite,
- sylph,
- sylphid,
- Titania,
- tokoloshe,
- Tom Thumb,
- urchin,
- wag,
- wart,
- whippersnapper,
- young devil
Acronyms for 'elf'
From: V.E.R.A.
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