Usually means: Small, delicate, fairy-like appearance.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word elfin:

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  1. elfin: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. elfin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. elfin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. elfin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. elfin: Vocabulary.com
  6. Elfin, elfin: Wordnik
  7. elfin: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. elfin: Wiktionary
  9. elfin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. elfin: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. elfin: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Elfin, elfin: Dictionary.com
  13. Elfin (steamboat), Elfin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Elfin: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. elfin: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. elfin: Rhymezone
  17. Elfin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. elfin: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. Elfin: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  20. elfin: Free Dictionary
  21. elfin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. elfin: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. elfin: Encyclopedia

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  1. Elfin, elfin: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
noun:  A little urchin or child.
noun:  Any of the butterflies in the subgenus Incisalia of the North American lycaenid genus Callophrys.
adjective:  Relating to or resembling an elf or elves, especially in tiny size or features.

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