Elfin

5 definitions found

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



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

  Elfin \Elf"in\ (-[i^]n), a.
     Relating to elves.
     [1913 Webster]

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

  Elfin \Elf"in\, n.
     A little elf or urchin. --Shenstone.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  elfin
       adj 1: 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: {fey}]
       2: small and delicate; "she was an elfin creature--graceful and
          delicate"; "obsessed by things elfin and small" [syn: {elflike}]
       3: relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf; "elfin
          bells"; "all the little creatures joined in the elfin
          dance"
       4: usually good-naturedly mischievous; "perpetrated a practical
          joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks" [syn: {elfish},
          {elvish}]

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

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "elfin":
     Lilliputian, Tom Thumb, arch, dainty, diminutive, dumpy, dwarf,
     dwarfed, dwarfish, elfish, elflike, elvish, faery, fairy, fairyish,
     fairylike, fay, frolicsome, gnomelike, gnomish, impish, incipient,
     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, tricky,
     undersize, undersized, wee, wizened