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half-elven

half-elven adjective: of half or partial elf heritage or descent.

Adjective

half-elven (comparative more half-elven, superlative most half-elven)

  1. Of half or partial elf heritage or descent
    • “There is a half-elven Harper,” Laeral said slowly, “currently stationed in a city near the Forest of Tethir. […]”2011, Elaine Cunningham, Song & Swords

Forms of half-elven

comparativemore half-elven
superlativemost half-elven

Origin of half-elven

From half- + elven.

Questions about half-elven

What does half-elven mean?
Half-elven means of half or partial elf heritage or descent.
What part of speech is half-elven?
Half-elven is an adjective.

Words near half-elven in the dictionary

  1. half-eagles
  2. half-eaten
  3. half-edge
  4. half-edges
  5. half-elf
  6. half-elven
  7. half-elves
  8. half-embrace
  9. half-embraced
  10. half-embraces
  11. half-embracing

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