Adjective elfin has 4 senses
  1. elfin, fey - 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
    Antonym: natural (indirect, via supernatural)
  2. elfin, elflike - small and delicate; "she was an elfin creature--graceful and delicate"; "obsessed by things elfin and small"
    Antonyms: large, big (indirect, via small, little)
    Antonyms: large, big (indirect, via small, little)
  3. elfin - 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. elfin, elfish, elvish - usually good-naturedly mischievous; "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks"
    Antonyms: unplayful, serious, sober (indirect, via playful)
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