ELFIN


Meaning of ELFIN in English

adj. & n.

adj. of elves; elflike.

n. archaic a dwarf; a child.

[ ELF, perh. infl. by ME elvene genit. pl. of elf, and by Elphin in Arthurian romance ]

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