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Word: Owly
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late 16th century; earliest use found in Philip Sidney (1554–1586), author and courtier. From owl + -y
Definition:
owlish.
Definition:
(chiefly Midwest regional). Peevish, irritable, fretful; cross, angry.
