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elfish

[ el-fish ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

elfish

/ ˈɛlfɪʃ /

of, relating to, or like an elf or elves; charmingly mischievous or sprightly; impish

Origin of elfish¹

First recorded in 1535–45; alteration of elvish

Parpon climbed up on a pile of untired wheels, and with an elfish grin began singing.

Pinched and elfish faces of children appeared at the windows overlooking the kirkyard.

Tom doesnt believe, I suppose, that girls would quite understand his manly feelings, she added with a sudden elfish smile.

She had been with him, smiling, elfish and tender one moment, and gone the next.

And as she spoke the elfish eyes gleamed strangely into his own.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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