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elfness en · NOUN

Etymology

From elf + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state of being an elf; elf attributes and qualities viewed collectively.
    • That, of course, would make Men a younger, less evolved, and in some ways less spiritual form of humanness (or "Elfness," rather). 2003, Greg Harvey, The Origins of Tolkien's Middle-earth for Dummies, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, page 73:
    • He'd once had his ears docked - as all elves of his generation had - but a spell had returned them to their natural, pointy-arched elfness to match both Lucy's and Ray's. 2024, Kim Harrison, Demon's Bluff, New York: Ace, page 30:
    • illuming lost towers, illuming hidden recess and excess selfness, light on the mind's stark glooming with her light airy elfness[.] 1932, Denis Botterill, Quiet Helens: Poems, Bedford: Thetan Press, page 73: