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An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
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A little urchin or child.
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Any of the butterflies in the subgenus Incisalia of the North American lycaenid genus Callophrys.
Examples of elfin in a Sentence
Her pink hair was up in a bun that revealed the delicate cut of her elfin features.
Martha, although half her age, was taller by two inches than the elfin Franny.
Traci was stunning, from her supermodel body to her delicate, elfin features.
In 1920 he issued a new volume of poems, The Elfin Artist.
Iceland, meanwhile, temporarily abandons its maritime pretensions and instead dedicates itself to producing highly-talented elfin chanteuse Bjork.
No, I intend to concentrate on Iceland, home of elfin chanteuse Bjork.
Unfortunately, the weather was perfectly wrong for birding in an elfin cloud forest - it was sunny and very windy.
The tenuis becomes a spirant also after r or 1, as in corff from corpus, and Elfin from Alpinus; but It gives llt or ll.
The Brownies started out with a brown cap that was elfin in shape, and bells were fastened onto the tip of the cap as particular tests were completed and passed.
You play Kameo, an Elfin princess destined to rule the Kingdom and the Element of Power.
Your character is an Elfin princess who has been gifted with the power to transform into various beast Elementals with unique abilities.
They have "elfin" faces and usually are of short stature.
Alternatively, for a more formal elfin look, he can wear a white shirt, a green vest, and a green bow tie to go with green pants and striped socks.
Her skin was caramel, her long brown hair falling in fat ringlets around her elfin features.
Few Englishmen retained estates of any importance after the Conquest, but one, Elfin, an under-tenant of Henry de Ferrers, not only held a considerable property but was the ancestor of the Derbyshire family of Brailsford, The families of Shirley and Gresley can also boast an unbroken descent.
His inspiration may be traced in some measure to the Pre-Raphaelites and also to Blake, Shelley and Maeterlinck; but he found in his native Irish legend and life matter apt for his romantic and often elfin music, with its artful simplicities and unhackneyed cadences, and its elusive, inconclusive charm.
These elements are, briefly stated, (1) a strong partiality for subjects dealing with humble life, in country and town, with the fun of taverns and village greens, with that domestic life in the rough which goes to the making of the earlier farces in English and French; (2) a whimsical, elfin kind of wit, delighting in extravagance and topsy-turviness; (3) a frank interest in the pleasures of good company and good drink.
The more imaginative, elfin quality, familiar in Dunbar's Ballad of Kynd Kittok and his Interlude of the Droichis Part appears in such pieces as Gyre Carling (the mother-witch), King Berdok, and Lichtounis Dreme.
The woman before him was younger than he expected and cute in an elfin way, with large eyes, a tapered chin, delicate jaw line, and expressive brow.