elvish

[el-vish]

adjective

1. elfish.

elvish

/ ˈɛlvɪʃ /

adjective

1. a variant of elfish

Other Word Forms

• elvishly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of elvish¹

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; elf, -ish ¹

Example Sentences

“My favorite part of the books was identifying with the elvish story,” de Barra, 51, said in a video conversation.

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And when I saw that, and I read this script, I thought, elvish will give this a sense of authenticity.

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If you input the word “fire” into GPT-3, the program knows, based on the weights in its network, that the words “truck” and “alarm” are much more likely to follow than “lucid” or “elvish.”

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From Macaulay Culkin's iconic pranks to Will Ferrell's elvish antics, there are plenty of Christmas movies out there that will get you in the holiday spirit.

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His blond hair is now snowy except for the tufts on the crown of his head hidden by his elvish hat.

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