[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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
see also:
thecla hairstreak elfin 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

elfin \elf"in\ -i^n, a.
   relating to elves.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

elfin \elf"in\, n.
   a little elf or urchin. --shenstone.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
fey elflike elfish elvish 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

54 moby thesaurus words for "elfin":
   lilliputian, tom thumb, arch, dainty, diminutive, dumpy, dwarf,
   dwarfed, dwarfish, elfish, elflike, elvish, faery, fairy, fairyish,
   fairylike, fay, frolicsome, gnomelike, gnomish, impish, incipient,
   little, meager, midget, mischievous, nanoid, pixieish, playful,
   puckish, pygmy, rudimental, rudimentary, runty, scraggy, scrubby,
   shriveled, shrunk, shrunken, small, sprightly, squat, stunted,
   sylphidine, sylphine, sylphish, sylphlike, sylphy, tiny, tricky,
   undersize, undersized, wee, wizened

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