Elfish

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Elfish \Elf"ish\, a.
     Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird;
     scarcely human; mischievous, as though caused by elves.
     "Elfish light." --Coleridge.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           The elfish intelligence that was so familiar an
           expression on her small physiognomy.     --Hawthorne.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  elfish
       adj : usually good-naturedly mischievous; "perpetrated a practical
             joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks" [syn: {elfin},
              {elvish}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "elfish":
     arch, devilish, elfin, elflike, elvish, faery, fairy, fairyish,
     fairylike, fay, foolish, full of mischief, gnomelike, gnomish,
     high-spirited, impish, knavish, mischief-loving, mischievous,
     pixieish, playful, prankish, pranksome, pranky, puckish, roguish,
     scampish, scapegrace, sportive, sylphidine, sylphine, sylphish,
     sylphlike, sylphy, trickish, tricksy, waggish