elfette

English

Etymology

elf +‎ -ette

Noun

elfette (plural elfettes)

1. A female elf.
   • 1968, Geoffrey Atheling Wagner, Elegy for Corsica‎^[1], page 118:

     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 life

   • 1974, Geoffrey Grigson, The Contrary View: Glimpses of Fudge and Gold‎^[2], page 18:

     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 girl

   • 1988, Raymond H. Ring, Telluride Smile‎^[3], page 74:

     An elfette wearing thigh garters and a derby and not much else took my order. People were packing into the place for the designer hamburgers and avant-garde soups and an array of purported Mexican food.

   • 1989, Charles Nelson, Panthers in the Skins of Men‎^[4], page 17:

     I'd like to look in my stocking and find a shapely elfette eager to scrub me under a hot shower.

   • 1994, Geoffrey Atheling Wagner, A Singular Passion‎^[5], page 93:

     I hardly wanted my elfette laid up for the rest of her stay.

   • 2011, Sheila Roberts, The Nine Lives of Christmas, page 17:

     He reached for something generic and the elfette gave a little gasp

   • 2014, Revolving Doors: The True Account of the Full Spectrum of Fostering Abuses, page 170:

     Before I know it, my time with Santa is over, and the diminutive, green, elfette lady is lifting me down off Santa's expansive knees.

   • 2015, James Wynbrandt, The Excruciating History of Dentistry, page 273:

     Curator Rosemary Wells, Ph.D., of the Northwestern University Dental School, has collected over 500 tooth fairy figurines and portraits along with a library of books about the ethereal elfette.

   • 2016, Dr. David E. Miller, The Dawn of Tomorrow, page 144:

     Mom dropped me off at Liz's house for the final fitting of the elf costume and the make-up job. Liz told me that the costumes would be green because her elfette costume was really a pregnant leprechauness outfit that her older sister had used in a school play.

   • 2019, Lani Lynn Vale, Quit Your Pitchin, page 109:

     the Elf who was now starting to resemble recently getting out of the shower elfette, and not clean and dry elfette.

Synonyms

• elfess

French

Etymology

From elfe +‎ -ette.

Noun

elfette f (plural elfettes)

1. female equivalent of elfe: elfess, elfette
   • 1976, Christian H. Godefroy, La dynamique mentale ou comment développer vos facultés paranormales, Paris: Éditions Robert Laffont, →ISBN, page 31:

     Rien d’extraordinaire, sauf peut-être l’atmosphère. Ces gens ne sont pas à l’aise. On dirait qu’ils attendent quelque chose. L’attitude des serveuses est inhabituelle. Elles sont trop décontractées. Des « elfettes » noires qui respirent la liberté.

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   • 1988, Casus Belli, number 45, page 82:

     Et pour terminer, signalons la boîte Encounters in the Elvenwood avec tout plein de choses intéressantes comme une vraie fontaine elfique, un guerrier elfe, une elfette en fleur, etc…

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   • 2003 July–August, Génération 4, number 168, page 60:

     Avec tout d’abord, un dragonnet (sans ailes) sur lequel était perchée une jolie “elfette”, puis un dragon, immense et majestueux, surmonté d’une cage en acier protégeant son propriétaire.

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   • 2010, Piers Anthony, translated by Paola Appelius, Un Golem dans le potage, Milady, →ISBN, page 314:

     Un peu plus haut encore, il tomba sur l’ouvroir, où de jeunes elfettes étaient occupées à des ouvrages de couture et babillaient gaiement.

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   • 2011, Andrzej Sapkowski, translated by Caroline Raszka-Dewez, La dame du lac, Bragelonne, →ISBN, page 154:

     Les elfettes grises étaient bien plus petites qu’elle. Ce doit être une autre race, songea-t-elle, la race des servantes.

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   • 2013, Hallgrímur Helgason, translated by Jean-Christophe Salaün, La femme à 1000°, Presses de la Cité, →ISBN, page 661:

     Papa demeura sur sa couchette à lire La Cloche d’Islande, mais je me déguisai en elfette au visage grimé.

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