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elfin

[el-fin] / ˈɛl fɪn /


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With her bleach-blond punk haircut, puckish grin and bright elfin eyes, she could have come to the company’s heavily guarded San Francisco headquarters straight from a Berlin rave, via an old forest road in Middle-earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

It actually took a few years for the elfin monsters to break into the mainstream.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025

Soon I was navigating the reading nooks and chef’s kitchens of an elfin cottage, a gothic coastal A-frame, a cozy “loch house” in the Scottish Highlands.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024

Recognizable by her shaved head and elfin features, O’Connor began her career singing on the streets of Dublin and soon rose to international fame.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023

Werfel said, “But this—this is an elfin army cutting up goblins.”

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin




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