owletn.

Brit.

/ˈaʊlᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈaʊlət/

Forms: 1500s oulette, 1500s owlate, 1500s– owlet.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: owl n., -et suffix¹, howlet n.

Etymology: < owl n. + -et suffix¹, probably partly as alteration of howlet n.

1. An owl; esp. a young or small owl. Also spec.: any of several small owls of the genera Glaucidium, Athene, and Xenoglaux.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun]

owleOE

howlec1430

mouser1440

howletc1450

nightbirdc1450

owlet1542

night owl1581

jenny-howlet1600

tu-whit tu-whoo1604

Welsh ambassador1608

mouse-catcher1611

Welsh falconera1640

hooter1673

hobhouchin1682

flying-cat1699

houchin1746

jumbie bird1827

the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > small or young

howletc1450

owlet1542

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 248 He tooke veraye eiuill reste in the nightes, by reason of an oule... A launceknight..tooke the peines to catche this oulette.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 196 As egles eyes to owlates sight.

1635 G. Wither Coll. Emblemes iv. xlv. 253 Nor Candles, Torches, nor the Sunne at noone, Nor Spectacles..Can make an Owlet in the day-time see.

1798 W. Wordsworth Idiot Boy in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 169 The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still.

1832 W. Irving Alhambra II. 88 He loved his children too even as an owl loves its owlets.

1889 T. B. Aldrich Wyndham Towers 37 Haunting the grounds one night, as his use was Who loved the dark as bats and owlets do.

1907 ‘N. Blanchan’ Birds Every Child should Know xv. 232 They returned to the bird house and raised a family of funny, fluffy, plump little owlets.

1958 E. T. Gilliard Living Birds of World 211/1 Among other well-known small owls are the Little Owls, or Owlets, of which there are three species in Europe, Asia and Africa.

1996 Q. Rev. Biol. 71 580/2 An individual owl's journey through life from a 4-week old hand-reared owlet to maturity.

2. Chiefly North American. In full owlet moth. A moth of the family Noctuidae; a noctuid moth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > member of (noctuid)

antler1775

owlet moth1846

noctuid1873

earworm1882

1846 Commerc. Rev. South & West Oct. 277 A night flying or owlet moth..of a beautiful greenish grey, with bronze shading.

1862 T. W. Harris Treat. Insects Injurious to Vegetation (ed. 3) v. 435 The injury done to vegetation by the caterpillars of the Noctuas, or owlet-moths.

1901 M. C. Dickerson Moths & Butterflies iii. 253 They are called Owlets, because of their shining eyes and their habit of flying at night only.

1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xiv. 272 In one family alone, Noctuidae or owlet moths, nearly 700 species have been collected in the region about Ithaca.

1996 G. Waldbauer Insects through Seasons (1998) 130 Owlet moths (noctuids) have a pair of ears, one on each side of the thorax just below the hind wing.

Compounds

C1.

† owlet wing n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1831 T. Carlyle Jrnl. in J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: First Forty Years (1882) II. ix. 207 Ignorance eclipses all things with its owlet wings.

owlet-haunted adj.

ΚΠ

1880 W. Nimmo Hist. Stirlingshire (ed. 3) I. vi. 99 Its owlet-haunted walls.

1908 M. J. Cawein Poems III. 201 I'll take the owlet-haunted lane,..that brings me home again.

C2.

owlet light n. poetic = owl-light n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > twilight

evengloamOE

twilighting1387

crepusculum1398

crepusculec1400

twilightc1440

twinlightc1532

grisping1580

grey1592

owl-light1599

gropsing1606

twatter-light1606

twitterlight1608

dusk1622

grasp1650

torchlighta1656

crepuscle1665

mock-shade1669

dimps1693

duskish1696

dimmit1746

darklins1767

twilight glow1819

gloama1821

owlet light1821

sandhya1876

dusk-light1937

1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 16 Whose flight Is as a dead leaf's in the owlet light.

1855 E. Bulwer-Lytton Clytemnestra 292 All in the owlet light she sat forlorn.

1890 Scribner's Mag. Dec. 773 If a lover would hear her sing, She sings at owlet light.

owlet moth n. see sense 2.

owlet-nightjar n. any of several nocturnal Australasian birds comprising the genus Aegotheles and family Aegothelidae; spec. a bird of the species occurring in Australia, Aegotheles cristatus, which is predominantly grey or brown with barred tail feathers and dark markings around the eyes (more fully Australian owlet-nightjar).

ΚΠ

1840 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) II. Pl. 1 Aegetholes novae-hollandiae... Owlet Nightjar.

1958 T. E. Gilliard Living Birds of World 216/2 The Gray Owlet Nightjar (Aegotheles albertisi) is about six inches long and extremely shy. Another species in New Guinea, the Rufous Owlet Nightjar..is about ten inches long. It has the proportions and plumage of a slender, reddish Screech Owl.

1994 J. Flegg Birds Austral. 208 Australian Owlet-nightjar... Medium-sized looking like a cross between a small owl and a nightjar... Voice: penetrating, hard, high-pitched and repetitive.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	owlet
释义	owletn. Brit. /ˈaʊlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈaʊlət/ Forms: 1500s oulette, 1500s owlate, 1500s– owlet. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: owl n., -et suffix¹, howlet n. Etymology: < owl n. + -et suffix¹, probably partly as alteration of howlet n. 1. An owl; esp. a young or small owl. Also spec.: any of several small owls of the genera Glaucidium, Athene, and Xenoglaux. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] owleOE howlec1430 mouser1440 howletc1450 nightbirdc1450 owlet1542 night owl1581 jenny-howlet1600 tu-whit tu-whoo1604 Welsh ambassador1608 mouse-catcher1611 Welsh falconera1640 hooter1673 hobhouchin1682 flying-cat1699 houchin1746 jumbie bird1827 the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > small or young howletc1450 owlet1542 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 248 He tooke veraye eiuill reste in the nightes, by reason of an oule... A launceknight..tooke the peines to catche this oulette. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 196 As egles eyes to owlates sight. 1635 G. Wither Coll. Emblemes iv. xlv. 253 Nor Candles, Torches, nor the Sunne at noone, Nor Spectacles..Can make an Owlet in the day-time see. 1798 W. Wordsworth Idiot Boy in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 169 The owlets through the long blue night Are shouting to each other still. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra II. 88 He loved his children too even as an owl loves its owlets. 1889 T. B. Aldrich Wyndham Towers 37 Haunting the grounds one night, as his use was Who loved the dark as bats and owlets do. 1907 ‘N. Blanchan’ Birds Every Child should Know xv. 232 They returned to the bird house and raised a family of funny, fluffy, plump little owlets. 1958 E. T. Gilliard Living Birds of World 211/1 Among other well-known small owls are the Little Owls, or Owlets, of which there are three species in Europe, Asia and Africa. 1996 Q. Rev. Biol. 71 580/2 An individual owl's journey through life from a 4-week old hand-reared owlet to maturity. 2. Chiefly North American. In full owlet moth. A moth of the family Noctuidae; a noctuid moth. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > member of (noctuid) antler1775 owlet moth1846 noctuid1873 earworm1882 1846 Commerc. Rev. South & West Oct. 277 A night flying or owlet moth..of a beautiful greenish grey, with bronze shading. 1862 T. W. Harris Treat. Insects Injurious to Vegetation (ed. 3) v. 435 The injury done to vegetation by the caterpillars of the Noctuas, or owlet-moths. 1901 M. C. Dickerson Moths & Butterflies iii. 253 They are called Owlets, because of their shining eyes and their habit of flying at night only. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xiv. 272 In one family alone, Noctuidae or owlet moths, nearly 700 species have been collected in the region about Ithaca. 1996 G. Waldbauer Insects through Seasons (1998) 130 Owlet moths (noctuids) have a pair of ears, one on each side of the thorax just below the hind wing. Compounds C1. a. † owlet wing n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1831 T. Carlyle Jrnl. in J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: First Forty Years (1882) II. ix. 207 Ignorance eclipses all things with its owlet wings. b. owlet-haunted adj. ΚΠ 1880 W. Nimmo Hist. Stirlingshire (ed. 3) I. vi. 99 Its owlet-haunted walls. 1908 M. J. Cawein Poems III. 201 I'll take the owlet-haunted lane,..that brings me home again. C2. owlet light n. poetic = owl-light n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > twilight evengloamOE twilighting1387 crepusculum1398 crepusculec1400 twilightc1440 twinlightc1532 grisping1580 grey1592 owl-light1599 gropsing1606 twatter-light1606 twitterlight1608 dusk1622 grasp1650 torchlighta1656 crepuscle1665 mock-shade1669 dimps1693 duskish1696 dimmit1746 darklins1767 twilight glow1819 gloama1821 owlet light1821 sandhya1876 dusk-light1937 1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 16 Whose flight Is as a dead leaf's in the owlet light. 1855 E. Bulwer-Lytton Clytemnestra 292 All in the owlet light she sat forlorn. 1890 Scribner's Mag. Dec. 773 If a lover would hear her sing, She sings at owlet light. owlet moth n. see sense 2. owlet-nightjar n. any of several nocturnal Australasian birds comprising the genus Aegotheles and family Aegothelidae; spec. a bird of the species occurring in Australia, Aegotheles cristatus, which is predominantly grey or brown with barred tail feathers and dark markings around the eyes (more fully Australian owlet-nightjar). ΚΠ 1840 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) II. Pl. 1 Aegetholes novae-hollandiae... Owlet Nightjar. 1958 T. E. Gilliard Living Birds of World 216/2 The Gray Owlet Nightjar (Aegotheles albertisi) is about six inches long and extremely shy. Another species in New Guinea, the Rufous Owlet Nightjar..is about ten inches long. It has the proportions and plumage of a slender, reddish Screech Owl. 1994 J. Flegg Birds Austral. 208 Australian Owlet-nightjar... Medium-sized looking like a cross between a small owl and a nightjar... Voice: penetrating, hard, high-pitched and repetitive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1542
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