elvish

4 definitions found

elvish - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Elves \Elves\, n.; pl. of Elf.
     [1913 Webster] Elvish \Elv"ish\, a.
     1. Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also,
        vacant; absent in demeanor. See Elfish.
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              He seemeth elvish by his countenance. --Chaucer.
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     2. Mysterious; also, foolish. [Obs.]
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elvish - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  elvish
      adj 1: usually good-naturedly mischievous; "perpetrated a
             practical joke with elfin delight"; "elvish tricks" [syn:
             elfin, elfish, elvish]

elvish - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  elvish
  
     <character> 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.  By extension, the term might be used for any odd
     or unreadable typeface produced by a graphics device.
  
     2. The typeface mundanely called "B"ocklin", an art-decoish
     display font.  [Why?]
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1998-04-28)
  

elvish - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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 `Bocklin', an art-Noveau display
     font.