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Definition of 'elfin'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) elven, from (etyl) elfen, .
Noun
( en-noun)
An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
A little urchin or child.
Etymology 2
Partly from attributive use of Etymology 1, but reanalysed by Spenser as if equivalent to .
Adjective
( en-adj)
Relating to or resembling an elf, especially in its tiny size or features.
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*:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, withon one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
*{{quote-news|year=2012|date=May 24|author=Nathan Rabin|work=The Onion AV Club
|title= Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3
|passage=He’s forced to travel back to 1969 to prevent an evil alien (a shockingly effective, nearly unrecognizable Jemaine Clement of Flight Of The Conchords, playing sort of a psychotic extraterrestrial-biker serial killer) from destroying the world by killing Brolin. Smith is aided in his quest by an elfin , time-jumping alien with psychic powers played by another Coen brothers veteran, A Serious Man star Michael Stuhlbarg. }}
Synonyms
* elvish
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