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English
Etymology
From owl + -ful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaʊlfʊl/, /ˈaʊlfl̩/
- Hyphenation: owl‧ful
Adjective
owlful (comparative more owlful, superlative most owlful)
- (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?
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