Home › Words › O › owlishnessowlishnessowlishness means the state or condition of being owlish.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, owlishness ranks #29,858 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom owlish + -ness.nounThe state or condition of being owlish.e.g.“He liked to look with avuncular owlishness over the tops of his specs.” — 1956, Saul Bellow, “Isaac Rosenfeld”, in It All Adds Up, page 263:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.owliness 85% match — The condition of being an owl or having owllike characteristics. vs owlishness →owly 70% match — Resembling or characteristic of an owl. vs owlishness →oraculousness 64% match — The state or condition of being oraculous. vs owlishness →scholarliness 60% match — The state or condition of being scholarly. vs owlishness →unctuousness 60% match — The state or characteristic of being unctuous. vs owlishness →birdliness 59% match — The state, quality, or condition of being birdly. vs owlishness →goatishness 59% match — The state or condition of being goatish. vs owlishness →highbrowness 59% match — The state or condition of being highbrow. vs owlishness →