Found 2 items, similar to elfin.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: elfin elfin adj 1: 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] 2: small and delicate; “she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate”; “obsessed by things elfin and small” [syn: elflike] 3: relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf; “elfin bells”; “all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance” 4: usually good-naturedly mischievous; “perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight”; “elvish tricks” [syn: elfish, elvish]
English → English (gcide) Definition: elfin Thecla \Thec"la\, n. Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; -- called also hairstreak, and elfin. [1913 Webster]