knife ear

A form of knife-ear — An elf.

Meanings

nounknife ear (plural knife ears)

plural knife ears

  1. alternativederogatoryslangfantasyAlternative spelling of knife-ear.

    The cafeteria fell into silence and everyone turned their faces towards the elf. “Damn knife ears,” someone mumbled. The twins looked at the man with glasses and pointy ears.

    2021, Daniel Jimenez, Venture
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    Whatever people thought or said about the elves, whatever slurs and indignities they hurled at the “knife ears,” they still had to acknowledge that they owed their nations survival and the existence of their lineages to his selfless slaying of the Archdemon Andoral.

    2019, Liane Merciel, Dragon Age: Last Flight Deluxe Edition, page 152
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APA

knife ear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knife%20ear

MLA

“knife ear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knife%20ear. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “knife ear,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knife%20ear.

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