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单词 owlspiegle
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Owlspieglev.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Owlspiegle.
Etymology: < Owlspiegle, the name of a character in Scott's melodrama The Doom of Devorgoil (compare quot 1830), probably a partially anglicized rendering of the German name Eulenspiegel (see Owlglass n., and compare Owl-spiegle n.).
Obsolete.
transitive. Scott's word for: to render like the character Owlspiegle in appearance.Apparently an isolated use.
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Owlspiegle1830
1830 W. Scott Doom of Devorgoil iii. i. 28 My nether parts Are goblinized and Owlspiegled.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

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