elfish
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fɪʃ adjective
elflike; elfin; small and mischievous.
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| 1. | of, relating to, or like an elf or elves; charmingly mischievous or sprightly; impish |
| —n | |
| 2. | the supposed language of elves |
| elvish or elvish | |
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| —n | |
| elfishly or elvish | |
| —adv | |
| elvishly or elvish | |
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| elfishness or elvish | |
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| elvishness or elvish | |
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Elfish
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example sentences
Same prank, same elfish grin, same feeling of nausea.
Her gnomes are in rebellion, or are holding high carnival with elfish imps from some nether world.
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