burly vs elfin

burly

adj
  • Great, amazing, unbelievable. 

  • Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both. 

  • Large, well-built, and muscular. 

  • Full of burls or knots; knotty. 

elfin

adj
  • Relating to or resembling an elf or elves, especially in its tiny size or features. 

noun
  • A little urchin or child. 

  • Any of the butterflies in the subgenus Incisalia of the North American lycaenid genus Callophrys. 

  • An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land. 

How often have the words burly and elfin occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )