owlyadj.

Brit.

/ˈaʊli/, U.S.

/ˈaʊli/

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

Etymology: < owl n. + -y suffix¹. Compare owlish adj.Compare the rare parallel formation owl-ly , in sense 1 ( < owl n. + -ly suffix¹):1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. ii. 72 Her face was flat, and very much like an Owles, if not more Oulelie [printed Oulebie].

1. = owlish adj.

ΘΚΠ

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

owlya1586

owlish1596

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > unable to stand light

owlya1586

owly-eyeda1586

owlish1596

owl-eyed1613

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective]

flatc1400

hardc1400

low-cheeredc1400

large?a1425

ruscledc1440

well-visagedc1440

platter-faced1533

well-faced1534

full-faced1543

fair-faced1553

bright-faceda1560

crab-faced1563

crab-snouted1563

crab-tree-faced1563

long-visaged1584

owlya1586

wainscot-faced1588

flaberkin1592

rough-hewn1593

angel-faced1594

round-faced1594

crab-favoured1596

rugged1596

weasel-faced1596

rough-faced1598

half-faced1600

chitty1601

lenten-faced1604

broad-faced1607

dog-faced1607

weaselled-faced1607

wry-faced1607

maid-faced1610

warp-faced1611

ill-faceda1616

lean-faceda1616

old-faceda1616

moon-faced1619

monkey-faced1620

chitty-face1622

chitty-faceda1627

lean-chapt1629

antic-faced1635

bloat-faced1638

bacon-facea1640

blue-faced1640

hatchet-faced1648

grave1650

lean-jawed1679

smock-faced1684

lean-visaged1686

flaber1687

baby-faced1692

splatter-faced1707

chubby1722

puggy1722

block-faced1751

haggard-looking1756

long-faced1762

haggardly1763

fresh-faced1766

dough-faced1773

pudding-faced1777

baby-featured1780

fat-faced1782

haggard1787

weazen-face1794

keen1798

ferret-like1801

lean-cheeked1812

mulberry-faced1812

open-faced1813

open-countenanced1819

chiselled1821

hatchety1821

misfeatured1822

terse1824

weazen-faced1824

mahogany-faced1825

clock-faced1827

sharp1832

sensual1833

beef-faced1838

weaselly1838

ferret-faced1840

sensuous1843

rat-faced1844

recedent1849

neat-faced1850

cherubimical1854

pinch-faced1859

cherubic1860

frownya1861

receding1866

weak1882

misfeaturing1885

platopic1885

platyopic1885

pro-opic1885

wind-splitting1890

falcon-face1891

blunt-featured1916

bun-faced1927

fish-faced1963

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) v. sig. Qq2 Our owly eyes, which dimm'd with passions bee, And scarce discerne the dawne of comming day.

1647 Strange Newes from Campania 54 Whilst Treason and Rebellion start aside, And in each hole their Owly faces hide.

1859 Littell's Living Age 21 May 456/2 This cry which the owly woman at last allowed to escape, was one of pleasure.

1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 33 Up started a little, dark, old, owly, goblin, night-ghoul of a creature.

1978 R. Holles Spawn vii. 61 The round, slightly owly features of the woman in nursing uniform.

1992 New Republic 4 May 3/3 A huge fat fellow with horn-rims, which gave him an owly appearance.

2. Canadian and U.S. regional (chiefly Midwest). Peevish, irritable, fretful; cross, angry.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > irritable [adjective]

sharpc1000

impatient1377

out-sharpinga1382

teethya1500

fumish1523

testy1526

crabbed1535

tettish1567

peevish1577

kickish1589

splenetic1593

spleenful1594

tetchy1596

wasp-stung1598

touchy1602

spleeny1604

pruriginous1609

teety1621

splenitive1633

peltish1648

irritable1662

splenatic1663

splenetive1678

unheer1691

rusty1694

nettlesome1766

stingy1781

snarly1798

tutty1809

spleenical1818

rileya1824

nettly1825

edgy1837

porcupinal1846

shirty1846

raspish1854

peckish1857

streaky1860

owly1864

teasy1866

fussy1869

raspy1869

spiky1881

chippyc1885

tetchous1890

narky1895

snarky1906

ringy1907

snarkish1912

Scot1916

crooked1945

niggly1952

snooty1959

kvetchy1965

to be on the rag1967

sandpaper1976

gribble1984

splenous-

1864 O. W. Norton Army Lett. (1903) 203 Last night I was out all night in the rain..and I feel owly to-day.

1974 Atlantic Monthly June 92/2 And Alice, she was right owly when she found out about me being up there with Stella.

1989 G. Vanderhaeghe Homesick vi. 74 We have a lady teacher now. She is not so strict and owly as Mackenzie.

1995 Minnesota Monthly Jan. 132/3 Once Lisa is gone, I know I'll have an owly little girl to deal with for the next few days.

Compounds

owly-eyed adj. (a) having eyes like an owl's; (b) U.S. colloquial (now rare) intoxicated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > unable to stand light

owlya1586

owly-eyeda1586

owlish1596

owl-eyed1613

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xxi. sig. Vu1^v Their wicked mindes blind to the light of vertue, & owly eied in the night of wickednes.

1623 W. Drummond Flowres of Sion 39 Shadowes of shadowes, Atomes of thy Might, Still owlie eyed when staring on thy Light.

1900 Dial. Notes 2 47 Owly-eyed, 1. Intoxicated. 2. Wise.

1992 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 2 Nov. a3 He [sc. a cat] was..as scrawny and owly eyed as any alley stray.

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

单词	owly
释义	owlyadj. Brit. /ˈaʊli/, U.S. /ˈaʊli/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: owl n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < owl n. + -y suffix¹. Compare owlish adj.Compare the rare parallel formation owl-ly , in sense 1 ( < owl n. + -ly suffix¹):1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. ii. 72 Her face was flat, and very much like an Owles, if not more Oulelie [printed Oulebie]. 1. = owlish adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [adjective] owlya1586 owlish1596 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > unable to stand light owlya1586 owly-eyeda1586 owlish1596 owl-eyed1613 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > types of face > [adjective] flatc1400 hardc1400 low-cheeredc1400 large?a1425 ruscledc1440 well-visagedc1440 platter-faced1533 well-faced1534 full-faced1543 fair-faced1553 bright-faceda1560 crab-faced1563 crab-snouted1563 crab-tree-faced1563 long-visaged1584 owlya1586 wainscot-faced1588 flaberkin1592 rough-hewn1593 angel-faced1594 round-faced1594 crab-favoured1596 rugged1596 weasel-faced1596 rough-faced1598 half-faced1600 chitty1601 lenten-faced1604 broad-faced1607 dog-faced1607 weaselled-faced1607 wry-faced1607 maid-faced1610 warp-faced1611 ill-faceda1616 lean-faceda1616 old-faceda1616 moon-faced1619 monkey-faced1620 chitty-face1622 chitty-faceda1627 lean-chapt1629 antic-faced1635 bloat-faced1638 bacon-facea1640 blue-faced1640 hatchet-faced1648 grave1650 lean-jawed1679 smock-faced1684 lean-visaged1686 flaber1687 baby-faced1692 splatter-faced1707 chubby1722 puggy1722 block-faced1751 haggard-looking1756 long-faced1762 haggardly1763 fresh-faced1766 dough-faced1773 pudding-faced1777 baby-featured1780 fat-faced1782 haggard1787 weazen-face1794 keen1798 ferret-like1801 lean-cheeked1812 mulberry-faced1812 open-faced1813 open-countenanced1819 chiselled1821 hatchety1821 misfeatured1822 terse1824 weazen-faced1824 mahogany-faced1825 clock-faced1827 sharp1832 sensual1833 beef-faced1838 weaselly1838 ferret-faced1840 sensuous1843 rat-faced1844 recedent1849 neat-faced1850 cherubimical1854 pinch-faced1859 cherubic1860 frownya1861 receding1866 weak1882 misfeaturing1885 platopic1885 platyopic1885 pro-opic1885 wind-splitting1890 falcon-face1891 blunt-featured1916 bun-faced1927 fish-faced1963 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) v. sig. Qq2 Our owly eyes, which dimm'd with passions bee, And scarce discerne the dawne of comming day. 1647 Strange Newes from Campania 54 Whilst Treason and Rebellion start aside, And in each hole their Owly faces hide. 1859 Littell's Living Age 21 May 456/2 This cry which the owly woman at last allowed to escape, was one of pleasure. 1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 33 Up started a little, dark, old, owly, goblin, night-ghoul of a creature. 1978 R. Holles Spawn vii. 61 The round, slightly owly features of the woman in nursing uniform. 1992 New Republic 4 May 3/3 A huge fat fellow with horn-rims, which gave him an owly appearance. 2. Canadian and U.S. regional (chiefly Midwest). Peevish, irritable, fretful; cross, angry. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > irritable [adjective] sharpc1000 impatient1377 out-sharpinga1382 teethya1500 fumish1523 testy1526 crabbed1535 tettish1567 peevish1577 kickish1589 splenetic1593 spleenful1594 tetchy1596 wasp-stung1598 touchy1602 spleeny1604 pruriginous1609 teety1621 splenitive1633 peltish1648 irritable1662 splenatic1663 splenetive1678 unheer1691 rusty1694 nettlesome1766 stingy1781 snarly1798 tutty1809 spleenical1818 rileya1824 nettly1825 edgy1837 porcupinal1846 shirty1846 raspish1854 peckish1857 streaky1860 owly1864 teasy1866 fussy1869 raspy1869 spiky1881 chippyc1885 tetchous1890 narky1895 snarky1906 ringy1907 snarkish1912 Scot1916 crooked1945 niggly1952 snooty1959 kvetchy1965 to be on the rag1967 sandpaper1976 gribble1984 splenous- 1864 O. W. Norton Army Lett. (1903) 203 Last night I was out all night in the rain..and I feel owly to-day. 1974 Atlantic Monthly June 92/2 And Alice, she was right owly when she found out about me being up there with Stella. 1989 G. Vanderhaeghe Homesick vi. 74 We have a lady teacher now. She is not so strict and owly as Mackenzie. 1995 Minnesota Monthly Jan. 132/3 Once Lisa is gone, I know I'll have an owly little girl to deal with for the next few days. Compounds owly-eyed adj. (a) having eyes like an owl's; (b) U.S. colloquial (now rare) intoxicated. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [adjective] > unable to stand light owlya1586 owly-eyeda1586 owlish1596 owl-eyed1613 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xxi. sig. Vu1^v Their wicked mindes blind to the light of vertue, & owly eied in the night of wickednes. 1623 W. Drummond Flowres of Sion 39 Shadowes of shadowes, Atomes of thy Might, Still owlie eyed when staring on thy Light. 1900 Dial. Notes 2 47 Owly-eyed, 1. Intoxicated. 2. Wise. 1992 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 2 Nov. a3 He [sc. a cat] was..as scrawny and owly eyed as any alley stray. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1586
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