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English Dictionary: elfish by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elfish
adj
  1. usually good-naturedly mischievous; "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks"
    Synonym(s): elfin, elfish, elvish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Elfish \Elf"ish\, a.
      Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird;
      scarcely human; mischievous, as though caused by elves.
      [bd]Elfish light.[b8] --Coleridge.
  
               The elfish intelligence that was so familiar an
               expression on her small physiognomy.      --Hawthorne.
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