Elfin: alternatives and connections

Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

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Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill…

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Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer.

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Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer.

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Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

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Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not gr…

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Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous.

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Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous.

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The hub of a wheel. See Hub.

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Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird; scarcely human; mischievous, as though caused by elves.

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Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. See Elfish.

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Fated; doomed.

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