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Definitions of elfin
  1. adjective
    suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
    "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning"

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  2. adjective
    small and delicate
    "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate" "obsessed by things elfin and small"

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  3. adjective
    usually good-naturedly mischievous
    "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight"

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  4. relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf
    "elfin bells" "all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance"
Examples of elfin
  • "thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning"
  • "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"
  • "obsessed by things elfin and small"
  • "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight"
  • "elfin bells"
  • "all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance"
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