elfin

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   small, delicate, and finely featured in an attractive way

   Her short hair emphasized her elfin face.

2. 2
   adj

   resembling or suggestive of an elf; otherworldly or playfully mischievous

   An elfin laugh seemed to come from somewhere among the trees.

From Middle English elven and Old English aelfen, a feminine form related to aelf, 'elf.' Once used as a noun for a female supernatural being, elfin became an adjective for elf-like delicacy, strangeness, or mischief.

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