adjective
- of or like an elf.
- small and charmingly spritely, merry, or mischievous.
noun
- an elf.
adjective
- of, relating to, or like an elf or elves
- small, delicate, and charming
1590s, from elf; first found in Spenser, who may have been thinking of elven but the word also is a proper name in the Arthurian romances (Elphin).