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   Elf·in

   /ˈelfən/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (with reference to a person) small and delicate, typically with an attractively mischievous or strange charm: "she looked up at him with an elfin grin"
   • 2. relating to elves: "an enchanted world of fairies in elfin glades"

   noun

   • 1. an elf. archaic
   • 2. a small North American butterfly that is typically brownish with markings on the wing margins that give the impression of scalloped edges.

   Word Origin late 16th century: from elf, probably suggested by Middle Englishelvene ‘of elves’, and by Elphin, the name of a character in Arthurian romance.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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