elfin

/ˈɛlfɪn/

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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 Satellite
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
Adjective Satellite
small and delicate; "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"; "obsessed by things elfin and small"
Adjective Satellite
usually good-naturedly mischievous; "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks"
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