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.
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Elfin \Elf"in\ (-[i^]n), a.
Relating to elves.
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Elfin \Elf"in\, n.
A little elf or urchin. --Shenstone.
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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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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