·adj Mysterious; also, foolish.
II. Elvish ·adj Pertaining to elves; implike; mischievous; weird; also, vacant; absent in demeanor. ·see Elfish.
irritable, spiteful. The Bees are ELVISH to-day. Norf. and Suflf. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose