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Definition of Elfish
1. Adjective. Usually good-naturedly mischievous. "Elvish tricks"
Definition of Elfish
1. a. Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird; scarcely human; mischievous, as though caused by elves.
Definition of Elfish
1. Adjective. Characteristic of an elf ¹
2. Adjective. mischievous ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Elfish
1. resembling an elf [adj] : ELFISHLY [adv] - See also: elf
Medical Definition of Elfish
1. Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird; scarcely human; mischievous, as though caused by elves. "Elfish light." "The elfish intelligence that was so familiar an expression on her small physiognomy." (Hawthorne) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Elfish
Literary usage of Elfish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"... of the century there \\as one continuous struggle in Ireland to bear up against
the «elfish policy of England in respect to wool and its manufactures. ..."
2. The last shilling; or, The selfish child by Philip Bennett Power (1853)
"Here was the B elfish child led by her selfishness into a second falsehood ; she
fancied she could never bear the shame of her mother's knowing that she had ..."
3. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"A secret horror checked the feast, And chilled the soul of every guest; Even the
high dame stood half aghast, She knew some evil on the blast; The elfish ..."
4. The Leading English Poets from Chaucer to Browning by Lucius Hudson Holt (1915)
"A secret horror checked the feast, And chilled the soul of every guest; Even the
high dame stood half aghast, She knew some evil on the blast; The elfish ..."
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