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单词 owlism
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owlismn.

Brit. /ˈaʊlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈaʊlˌɪz(ə)m/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: owl n., -ism suffix.
Etymology: < owl n. + -ism suffix. Compare earlier owlery n.
rare.
Behaviour characteristic or typical of owls; (also) an instance of this, a trait or habit characteristic of an owl.
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1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. xvii. 178 Lawyers too were poets, were heroes..Their Owlisms, Vulturisms..will disappear by and by, their Heroisms only remaining.
1999 Re: DSPS in alt.support.sleep-disorder (Usenet newsgroup) 8 Feb. Almost everyone else went home by 5pm and I could work without being interrupted from then on. As you can see, I was handling my owl-ism by just working with it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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