English Explanatory Dictionary

owliness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The condition of being an owl or having owllike characteristics.
  2. The state of being in an ill temper; crankiness.

Word forms

owliness

Etymology

From owly + -ness.

Synonyms

owlishness crabbiness crankiness grumpiness orneriness
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