owliness

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English

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Etymology

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From owly +‎ -ness.

Noun

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owliness (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being an owl or having owllike characteristics.
    • 2011, Louise Rennison, Withering Tights, HarperTeen, →ISBN, page 217:
      Like Monty had told us, I thought about the "qualities" of owliness. My wise nature. Where my home might be. What I would have for supper. Mouse, I fancied.
  2. The state of being in an ill temper; crankiness.
    • 1979 August 10, Ian Dutton, “Weather was cool, but teams' tempers weren't”, in The Leader-Post:
      The teams obviously studied at the Hatfield-McCoy school of diplomacy and graduating at the top of his class in owliness was Eston playing-coach Don Sasser.

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