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Meanings of elfish in English

Usually good-naturedly mischievous.

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Usage of elfish in English
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Peculiar were the forms the fire took an elfish pleasure in assuming.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862 / A Magaz...
2
Our elfish guides led us back along the trail to the farmhouse.
The Forest
3
Anymore interference with elfish protocol and I'll 'ave you before the Headmistress.
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
4
He came stepping gaily into the room, more elephantinely elfish than ever.
At the Villa Rose
5
She had elfish ways, of which it seemed impossible to cure her.
Malvina of Brittany
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Yet with all this there was nothing elfish about her, nothing uncanny.
When the World Shook / Being an Account of the Great Adventure o...
7
Bubbles was beginning to look her own queer, elfish little self again.
From out the Vasty Deep
8
She had no strength, no appetite, and looked more elfish than ever.
The Morgesons: A Novel
9
Suddenly she divined, rather than saw, Mignon's elfish eyes fixed upon her.
Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman
10
Or, if not, thou strange and elfish child, whence didst thou come?
The Scarlet Letter
11
Pinched and elfish faces of children appeared at the windows overlooking the kirkyard.
Greyfriars Bobby
12
Clouds began to gather in the sky, throwing elfish shadows as they passed.
Hans Brinker; Or, The Silver Skates
13
This time there was an almost elfish magic in his melody.
Orpheus in Mayfair, and Other Stories and Sketches
14
The mass of blubber and plasm pulsed with an elfish glow.
London River
15
She had the elfish look of a little withered fairy godmother.
Robert Elsmere
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Weariness, disgust and defiance were painted visibly upon the elfish face.
Up the Hill and Over
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