'Elfin' definitions:
Definition of 'elfin'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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: elfin, fey]
adjective
Small and delicate; "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"; "obsessed by things elfin and small" [syn: elfin, elflike]
adjective
Relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf; "elfin bells"; "all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance"
adjective
Definition of 'Elfin'
From: GCIDE
- Elfin \Elf"in\, n. A little elf or urchin. --Shenstone. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Elfin'
From: GCIDE
- Elfin \Elf"in\ (-[i^]n), a. Relating to elves. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'elfin'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'elfin'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arch,
- dainty,
- diminutive,
- dumpy,
- dwarf,
- dwarfed,
- dwarfish,
- elfish,
- elflike,
- elvish,
- faery,
- fairy,
- fairyish,
- fairylike,
- fay,
- frolicsome,
- gnomelike,
- gnomish,
- impish,
- incipient,
- Lilliputian,
- little,
- meager,
- midget,
- mischievous,
- nanoid,
- pixieish,
- playful,
- puckish,
- pygmy,
- rudimental,
- rudimentary,
- runty,
- scraggy,
- scrubby,
- shriveled,
- shrunk,
- shrunken,
- small,
- sprightly,
- squat,
- stunted,
- sylphidine,
- sylphine,
- sylphish,
- sylphlike,
- sylphy,
- tiny,
- Tom Thumb,
- tricky,
- undersize,
- undersized,
- wee,
- wizened