Elfish \Elf"ish\, a. Of or relating to the elves; elflike; implike; weird; scarcely human; mischievous, as though caused by elves. ``Elfish light.'' --Coleridge. The elfish intelligence that was so familiar an expression on her small physiognomy. --Hawthorne.
elfish adj : usually good-naturedly mischievous; "perpetrated a practical joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks" [syn: {elfin}, {elvish}]