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dwarfin

dwarfin adjective: of, relating to, or resembling dwarves.

Adjective

dwarfin (comparative more dwarfin, superlative most dwarfin)

  1. Of, relating to, or resembling dwarves.
    • 12 [Contents] Blood [Possible Types] Human, orcish, dwarfin, elfin, dragon, halfling […] On the east wall is a dwarfin skeleton, suspended from a pair of irons near the ceiling, giving the entire chamber a macabre presence.1981, Mike Carr, Dungeon Module B1: In Search of the Unknown (Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set), Lake Geneva, Wis.: TSR Hobbies, Inc., →ISBN, pages 11 and 16
    • “You dwarves really believe in that old hag?” The soldier continued without waiting for an answer. “Ahm… You are dwarfin, pretty miss? I mean, well, you dress dwarfin, but you don’t look it.”2012, Tad C. Rhoden, “Night Things”, in Don’t Call Me Hobbit: A Novel, Bradenton, Fla.: BookLocker.com, Inc., →ISBN, page 92

Noun

dwarfin (plural dwarfins)

  1. (rare) A dwarf.
    • Late I ſaw beſide the * banquet, / A new couch in Odin’s hall; / Arms unclaim’d, the Dwarfins’ labour, / Hung againſt the gilded wall.1801, W. B., “Hialmar and Hyrinda”, in Joshua Edkins, editor, A Collection of Poems, Mostly Original, by Several Hands, Dublin: […] [F]or the editor, by Graisberry & Co., →OCLC, page 37
    • The Dwarfins are a culture of Elfins that are small in stature and live in the mountainous regions.2011, Dennis A. Pearson, “Julian and Papa Fairy”, in The Enchantment of Dandelion Acres: A Fairytale, Baltimore, Md.: PublishAmerica, →ISBN, page 69

Forms of dwarfin

Adjective
comparativemore dwarfin
superlativemost dwarfin
Noun
pluraldwarfins

Origin of dwarfin

From dwarf + -in, after elfin.

Questions about dwarfin

What does dwarfin mean?
Dwarfin means of, relating to, or resembling dwarves.
What part of speech is dwarfin?
Dwarfin can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near dwarfin in the dictionary

  1. dwarfeth
  2. dwarfette
  3. dwarfettes
  4. dwarfholder
  5. dwarfholders
  6. dwarfin
  7. dwarfing
  8. dwarfings
  9. dwarfins
  10. dwarfish
  11. dwarfishly

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