Associations to the word «Elfin»

ELFIN, noun. An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.

ELFIN, noun. A little urchin or child.

ELFIN, adjective. Relating to or resembling an elf, especially in its tiny size or features.

ELFIN SADDLE, noun. Any of certain ascomycetous fungi of genus Helvella with an irregular cap resembling a saddle, especially Helvella crispa or Helvella lacunosa.

ELFIN SADDLE, noun. The ascomycete Gyromitra infula, which similarly resembles a saddle.

ELFIN SADDLES, noun. Plural of elfin saddle

ELFIN SAFETY, noun. (British) (informal) (pejorative) (humorous) Health and Safety Executive; any reference to a perceived modern obsession with health and safety.

ELFIN WOOD, noun. A collection of trees that survives on poor soil above the tree line, often covered by snow; krummholz

ELFIN WOODS, noun. Plural of elfin wood

ELFIN, adjective. 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.

ELFIN, adjective. Small and delicate; "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"; "obsessed by things elfin and small".

ELFIN, adjective. Relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf; "elfin bells"; "all the little creatures joined in the elfin dance".

ELFIN, adjective. Usually good-naturedly mischievous; "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks".