Meanings
- uncountableThe state of being an elf; elf attributes and qualities viewed collectively.
That, of course, would make Men a younger, less evolved, and in some ways less spiritual form of humanness (or "Elfness," rather).
2003, Greg Harvey, The Origins of Tolkien's Middle-earth for Dummies, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, page 732 more examples
illuming lost towers, illuming hidden recess and excess selfness, light on the mind's stark glooming with her light airy elfness[.]
1932, Denis Botterill, Quiet Helens: Poems, Bedford: Thetan Press, page 73He'd once had his ears docked - as all elves of his generation had - but a spell had returned them to their natural, pointy-arched elfness to match both Lucy's and Ray's.
2024, Kim Harrison, Demon's Bluff, New York: Ace, page 30
Origin
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