Definitions for elvish

elvish elv·ish

Spelling: [el-vish]
IPA: /ˈɛl vɪʃ/

Elvish is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 90 anagrams from letters in elvish (ehilsv).

Definitions for elvish

adjective

  1. elfish.

Origin of elvish

Middle English word dating back to 1150-1200; See origin at elf, -ish1

Examples for elvish

The Provost of Notting Hill seemed to have fallen into a kind of trance; in his eyes was an elvish light.

Half-ashamed she went back to stolen meetings—in a barn—behind a rick—in the elvish shadow of some skew-blown thorn.

Gradually, while I was warming up, a sense of infinite comfort came, and with it the enjoyment of the elvish aspect.

See elvish in the Glossary, and cf. 'this elvish nyce lore'; Can.

The folio of 1623 omits elvish, but the folio of 1632 has elves, which Rowe changed to elvish.

He could not bear the sight of her, perched on a chair in her white nightdress in the doorway, elvish and horrible.

His rhymes were always full of quaint and elvish humour which was very endearing.

It seemed odd to them that men had once worn so elvish an attire.

She nodded, leaning forward and looking up at me in a certain demure, elvish fashion.

But we never heard any elvish arrow whistling after us, or saw any more of the uncouth folk.

Word Value for elvish
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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