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elfette

elfette noun: a female elf.

Noun

elfette (plural elfettes)

  1. A female elf.
    • For as the girls pass by in this very pure phase of their lives, flamingo-limbed with that articulation of the true elfette, I most sadly recall the fact that in every interview I've read every allu- meuse without exception has wanted one thing more than any other in life1968, Geoffrey Atheling Wagner, Elegy for Corsica, page 118
    • At forty, after a bad illness, the Secretary of the Bank entangles himself with a girl - decidedly - of thirty-seven, half courted, half parried by him in letters of the most glucose baby talk. She is an elfette, an elfin art-adorer, who had been a little girl1974, Geoffrey Grigson, The Contrary View: Glimpses of Fudge and Gold, page 18
    Synonyms:
    elfess

Examples of elfette in a sentence

  • An elfette wearing thigh garters and a derby and not much else took my order.1988, Raymond H. Ring, Telluride Smile, page 74:
  • I'd like to look in my stocking and find a shapely elfette eager to scrub me under a hot shower.1989, Charles Nelson, Panthers in the Skins of Men, page 17:
  • I hardly wanted my elfette laid up for the rest of her stay.1994, Geoffrey Atheling Wagner, A Singular Passion, page 93:
  • He reached for something generic and the elfette gave a little gasp2011, Sheila Roberts, The Nine Lives of Christmas, page 17:

Synonyms of elfette

Forms of elfette

pluralelfettes

Origin of elfette

From elf + -ette.

Questions about elfette

What does elfette mean?
Elfette means a female elf.
How do you use elfette in a sentence?
An elfette wearing thigh garters and a derby and not much else took my order.
What part of speech is elfette?
Elfette is a noun.
What is the plural of elfette?
The plural of elfette is elfettes.

Words near elfette in the dictionary

  1. Elfers
  2. Elferses
  3. elfes
  4. elfess
  5. elfesses
  6. elfette
  7. elfettes
  8. ELFEXT
  9. elfhood
  10. elfic
  11. Elfick

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