elvan

Meanings

Adjective

• Of or relating to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall.
• Elven, elfin, pertaining to elves.

Noun

• The rock of an elvan vein, or the vein itself.

Related

Similar words

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Origin

• From a Cornish word, perhaps Cornish elven ("spark") because the hard rock could be struck to spark fire.
• Variation of elven (or elfin, which see for more) influenced by -an.