English

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Etymology

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From owlish +‎ -ness.

Noun

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owlishness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being owlish.
    • 1956, Saul Bellow, “Isaac Rosenfeld”, in It All Adds Up, page 263:
      He liked to look with avuncular owlishness over the tops of his specs.

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