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Elfin

adjective

Suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness. Synonym: fey. "The fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday"

Small and delicate. Synonym: elflike. "Obsessed by things elfin and small"

Relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf. "All the little creatures joined in the elfin dance"

Usually good-naturedly mischievous. Synonyms: elfish, elvish. "Elvish tricks"

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"Elfin" Quotes from Famous Books

... children stealing They stood there hand in hand, For the elfin chimes were pealing ...

— AE in the Irish Theosophist • George William Russell

... quaint, so far away; pathos so void of regret, merriment so delicate that one dare not laugh for fear of dispelling the charm—all this is "Trivia." Where are Marcus Aurelius or Epictetus or all the other Harold Bell Wrights of old time? Baron Verulam himself treads a heavy gait beside this airy elfin scamper. It is Atalanta's heels. It is a heaven-given scenario of that shyest, dearest, remotest of essences—the mind of ...

— Shandygaff • Christopher Morley

... from his own reflection to Paul's face and back again with swift alternation. He pinched a bit of the cosmetic between thumb and finger, and dressed his eyelashes with it. Then he carefully drew an arched eyebrow, and paused to look at Paul again. The single brow gave him a comically elfin look, and Paul grinned; Herr Pauer drew another eyebrow, touched up his moustache, obliterated the gray upon his temples, and combed and twisted moustache and hair to his own satisfaction. Then he sat down on the table, and ...

— Despair's Last Journey • David Christie Murray

... down] There is something in her, Nicholas, that one doesn't find in other women, isn't there? An elfin strangeness. [He sighs] Although she is without doubt the richest girl in the country, her mother is so stingy that no one will have her. After her mother's death Sasha will have the whole fortune, but until then she will only give her ten thousand roubles and an old flat-iron, ...

— Ivanoff - A Play • Anton Checkov

... of the town. Her dainty, provocative presence seemed always to be the centre of the gathering. Women envied her and studied her frocks, which were easily the most stylish in town. Men flocked about her and guffawed at her elfin stabs of humour. Her program was always crowded with names, and when she went for a stroll between dances she was generally accompanied by at least three men of whom Ramon was often one. And while the others made her laugh at their jokes or thrilled ...

— The Blood of the Conquerors • Harvey Fergusson

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