owlful

English

WOTD – 1 September 2015

Etymology

From owl +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊlfʊl/, /ˈaʊlfl̩/

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• Hyphenation: owl‧ful

Adjective

owlful (comparative more owlful, superlative most owlful)

1. (literary) Full of owls.
   • 1973, Thomas Kinsella, “The Clearing”, in Daniel Halpern, editor, Antæus, page 105:

     Impenetrable growth surrounds him. // Owlful. Batful. // Great moths of prey.

   • 1984, Punch, volume CCLXXXVI, number ii, page 67:

     Mrs Adcock will invariably force you to take two, leaving you to stagger into the owlful night.

   • 2001, J. Allyn Rosser, Misery Prefigured, part three, “Rods and R.”, pages 40–41, lines 34–36:

     What // is that on the unmooned owlful slope, // the silver movement five yards west of your glance?

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:owlful.

Translations

full of owls

Anagrams

• wofull