单词 | owlishness |
释义 | > as lemmasˈowlishness ˈowlishness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [noun] > solemn foolishness owlery1596 owlishness1888 1851 Littell's Living Age 8 Nov. 276/1 A pleasant, well-informed Yankee, familiar with the leading facts of geology..and with a tinge of bat-and-owlishness in his visage.] 1888 Boston Transcript 7 July 5/5 It is very interesting to see him appearing for once in the guise of the newspaper correspondent, whose ordinary owlishness he so effectively ridicules. 1996 Representations Autumn 77 A certain kind of charismatic, significant ‘owlishness’. < as lemmas |
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