Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—E

Elvish

or Elfish. Irritable, peevish, spiteful; full of little mischievous ways, like the elves. Our superstitious forefathers thought such persons were actually “possessed” by elves; and elvish-marked is marked by elves or fairies.

“Thou elvish-marked, abortive, rooting hog.”

Shakespeare: Richard III., i. 3.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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