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elfness

elfness noun: the state of being an elf; elf attributes and qualities viewed collectively.

Noun

elfness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being an elf; elf attributes and qualities viewed collectively.
    • 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
    • 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

Origin of elfness

From elf + -ness.

Questions about elfness

What does elfness mean?
Elfness means the state of being an elf; elf attributes and qualities viewed collectively.
What part of speech is elfness?
Elfness is a noun.

Words near elfness in the dictionary

  1. elflocks
  2. elflore
  3. elfmaid
  4. elfmaids
  5. Elfmanesque
  6. elfness
  7. elfoid
  8. elfology
  9. Elford
  10. Elfords
  11. elfpunk

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