owlful
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈaʊlfʊl/, /ˈaʊlfl̩/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Hyphenation: owl‧ful
Adjective[edit]
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.
- 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[edit]
full of owls