relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf; elfin bells; all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance'

suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness; thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning; the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday- John Mason Brown

[ Syn: fey ]

small and delicate; she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate; obsessed by things elfin and small

[ Syn: elflike ]

usually good-naturedly mischievous; perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight; elvish tricks

[ Syn: elfish , elvish ]