Elvish

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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}.
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              He seemeth elvish by his countenance. --Chaucer.
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     2. Mysterious; also, foolish. [Obs.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  elvish n. 1. The Tengwar of Feanor, a table of letterforms resembling
     the beautiful Celtic half-uncial hand of the "Book of Kells". Invented
     and described by J. R. R. Tolkien in "The Lord of The Rings" as an
     orthography for his fictional `elvish' languages, this system (which is
     both visually and phonetically {elegant}) has long fascinated hackers
     (who tend to be intrigued by artificial languages in general). It is
     traditional for graphics printers, plotters, window systems, and the
     like to support a Feanorian typeface as one of their demo items. See
     also {elder days}. 2. By extension, any odd or unreadable typeface
     produced by a graphics device. 3. The typeface mundanely called
     `Bo"cklin', an art-Noveau display font.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  elvish
       
           1. The Tengwar of Feanor, a table of letterforms
          resembling the beautiful Celtic half-uncial hand of the "Book
          of Kells".  Invented and described by J.R.R. Tolkien in "The
          Lord of The Rings" as an orthography for his fictional
          "elvish" languages, this system (which is both visually and
          phonetically {elegant}) has long fascinated hackers (who tend
          to be intrigued by artificial languages in general).  It is
          traditional for graphics printers, plotters, window systems,
          and the like to support a Feanorian typeface as one of their
          demo items.  By extension, the term might be used for any odd
          or unreadable typeface produced by a graphics device.
       
          2. The typeface mundanely called "B"ocklin", an art-decoish
          {display font}.  [Why?]
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1998-04-28)