| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In an elvish manner.[Websters]
2. In an impish, kittenish or gnomish manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a mischievous or puckish manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a magical or magic manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a wanton or dissolute manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the adjective elvish.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (elvish) | 1. Usually good-naturedly mischievous; "elvish tricks".[Wordnet]. 2. Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor.[Websters]. 3. Mysterious; also, foolish.[Websters]. 4. Being playful, kittenish, frolicsome or skittish.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being impish, mischievous, puckish, gnomish or waggish.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being prankish, frisky or coltish.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being magical or magic.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being naughty or roguish.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being wanton.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb elvishly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
"ELVISHLY" is a common misspelling or typo for: elfishly. |
Date "ELVISHLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: elvish
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Computing | Elvish n. 1. The Tengwar of Feanor, a table of letterforms resembling the beautiful Celtic half-uncial hand of the "Book of Kells". Invented and described by J. R. R. Tolkien in "The Lord of The Rings" as an orthography for his fictional `elvish' languages, this system (which is both visually and phonetically elegant) has long fascinated hackers (who tend to be intrigued by artificial languages in general). It is traditional for graphics printers, plotters, window systems, and the like to support a Feanorian typeface as one of their demo items. See also elder days. 2. By extension, any odd or unreadable typeface produced by a graphics device. 3. The typeface mundanely called `Bo"cklin', an art-Noveau display font. Source: Jargon File. | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] More properly elfish, which see.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] Language in w:Lord Of The Rings. (references) | 2: [Adjective] Of or having to do with elves. (references) | 3: [Adjective] The language spoken by elves. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Common Expressions: elvish
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Elvish Linguistic Fellowship | The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E. L. F.) is an international organization devoted to the scholarly study of the invented languages of J. R. R. Tolkien, headed by Carl F. Hostetter. It is a Special Interest Group of the Mythopoeic Society. The E. L. F. publishes two print journals, Vinyar Tengwar, edited by Hostetter, and Parma Eldalamberon, edited by Christopher Gilson; an online journal, Tengwestië, edited by Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne; and it also sponsors the Lambengolmor mailing list. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: elvish | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Elvish languages | 9 | Elvish languages | 9 | |
| Elvish Linguistic Fellowship | 6 | Elvish Linguistic Fellowship | 6 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
