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 goodnaturedly mischievous; "perpetrated a practical

joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks" [syn: {elfish},

{elvish}]