owlinessEtymologyFrom owly + -ness.nounThe condition of being an owl or having owllike characteristics.“Like Monty had told us, I thought about the "qualities" of owliness. My wise nature. Where my home might be. What I would have for supper. Mouse, I fancied.”The state of being in an ill temper; crankiness.“The teams obviously studied at the Hatfield-McCoy school of diplomacy and graduating at the top of his class in owliness was Eston playing-coach Don Sasser.”