Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

were-elf

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables: were-elf
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shapeshifter who can assume the form of an elf.

Example Sentences

"While the Vamwelf were vampire were-elves, tall and slender."
"2012, Candace Jane Kringle, North Pole High: A Rebel Without a Claus, elfpublished books Maybe his elf hormones and human hormones had gotten all mixed up, turning him into a were-elf or something."
"Out inside the works of some neurotic Bavarian cuckoo clock of a village, were-elves streaking in out of the forests at night to leave subversive handbills at door and window ..."
"I destroyed all the / argillaceous menticidepires, menticidethropes, / wereelves, / weresprites, werebrownies, […]"

Etymology

From were- + elf.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: were

Inflected Forms

were-elves (plural)

Questions

What does were-elf mean?: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of an elf.
Where does were-elf come from?: From were- + elf.

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