owlishness

English

Etymology

owlish +‎ -ness

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• owliness