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elfin

adjective /ɛlfɪn/ 2 syllables 5 letters Scrabble 8 WWF 10
Definitions
adjective

suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness

“thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning”

adjective

small and delicate

“she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate”

adjective

usually good-naturedly mischievous

“perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight”

relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf

“elfin bells”

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