owldomn.
/ˈaʊld(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈaʊld(ə)m/ rare.
The realm or domain of owls.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [noun] > solemn foolishness > domain of
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1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets (1872) iii. 120 Owldom shall continue a flourishing empire.
2000 Seattle Times (Nexis) 6 Aug. a1 The bully of owldom: A recent immigrant to the West, the aggressive, territorial barred owl can live most anywhere.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1850- to quit claim
- to quit claim to
- to quit commons
- to quit cost
- to quit one's cost
- to quit or yield his while
- to quit or yield one his while
- to quit the cost
- to quit the scene
- to quit while one is ahead
- to rabble out of
- to race away
- to race off
- to rack a horse's wind
- to rack off
- to rack on
- to rack one's brain
- to rack one's brains
- to rack one's etc
- to rack one's memory
- to rack one's wit
- to rack out
- to rack up
- to racket away
- to racket it