elfin : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: elfin	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for elfin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
elfin adj 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 Synonym(s): elfin, fey small and delicate; "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"; "obsessed by things elfin and small" Synonym(s): elfin, elflike relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf; "elfin bells"; "all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance" 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]:
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elfin \Elf"in\ (-[icr]n), a. Relating to elves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elfin \Elf"in\, n. A little elf or urchin. --Shenstone.