"owlish" meaning in English

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "owlishly"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "owlishness"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "ish"
      },
      "expansion": "owl + -ish",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From owl + -ish.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more owlish",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most owlish",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "owlish (comparative more owlish, superlative most owlish)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "owl‧ish"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "80 12 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 20 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 10 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 19 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 14 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 15 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 26 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Manx translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 24 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 6 7",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Owls",
          "orig": "en:Owls",
          "parents": [
            "Birds of prey",
            "Birds",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1914, Theodore Dreiser, The Titan, Chapter 26, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks/fr100299.txt\n\"You're very right,\" he said, with owlish smugness, adjusting a waistcoat button that had come loose, and smoothing his cuffs."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1951, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 2, in World So Wide:",
          "text": "He feebly wanted to get out of this, away from clucking nurses and Dr. Crittenham's owlish peering and the horrible scrambled eggs and cold toast.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1953, C. S. Lewis, chapter 4, in The Silver Chair, Collins, published 1998:",
          "text": "This owl imitated Trumpkin’s voice rather well, and there were sounds of owlish laughter all round.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Resembling or characteristic of an owl."
      ],
      "id": "en-owlish-en-adj-L62NnoMq",
      "links": [
        [
          "Resembling",
          "resembling"
        ],
        [
          "characteristic",
          "characteristic"
        ],
        [
          "owl",
          "owl"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "sense": "like an owl",
          "word": "owllike"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "sense": "like an owl",
          "word": "owly"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "sense": "like an owl",
          "word": "strigine"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "resembling or characteristic of an owl",
          "word": "eulenhaft"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "resembling or characteristic of an owl",
          "word": "hulladagh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "resembling or characteristic of an owl",
          "word": "corujento"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1880, R. M. Ballantyne, Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata:",
          "text": "[…] their large black eyes scanned the drawings with the owlish look of wisdom peculiar to connoisseurs.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Wise and solemn."
      ],
      "id": "en-owlish-en-adj-~yElKKmS",
      "links": [
        [
          "Wise",
          "wise"
        ],
        [
          "solemn",
          "solemn"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Stupid; dull-looking."
      ],
      "id": "en-owlish-en-adj-0TIqsnIG",
      "links": [
        [
          "Stupid",
          "stupid"
        ],
        [
          "dull",
          "dull"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaʊlɪʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "owlish"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -ish",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Manx translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "en:Owls"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "owlishly"
    },
    {
      "word": "owlishness"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "ish"
      },
      "expansion": "owl + -ish",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From owl + -ish.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more owlish",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most owlish",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "owlish (comparative more owlish, superlative most owlish)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "owl‧ish"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1914, Theodore Dreiser, The Titan, Chapter 26, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks/fr100299.txt\n\"You're very right,\" he said, with owlish smugness, adjusting a waistcoat button that had come loose, and smoothing his cuffs."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1951, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 2, in World So Wide:",
          "text": "He feebly wanted to get out of this, away from clucking nurses and Dr. Crittenham's owlish peering and the horrible scrambled eggs and cold toast.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1953, C. S. Lewis, chapter 4, in The Silver Chair, Collins, published 1998:",
          "text": "This owl imitated Trumpkin’s voice rather well, and there were sounds of owlish laughter all round.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Resembling or characteristic of an owl."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Resembling",
          "resembling"
        ],
        [
          "characteristic",
          "characteristic"
        ],
        [
          "owl",
          "owl"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1880, R. M. Ballantyne, Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata:",
          "text": "[…] their large black eyes scanned the drawings with the owlish look of wisdom peculiar to connoisseurs.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Wise and solemn."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Wise",
          "wise"
        ],
        [
          "solemn",
          "solemn"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Stupid; dull-looking."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Stupid",
          "stupid"
        ],
        [
          "dull",
          "dull"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaʊlɪʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "like an owl",
      "word": "owllike"
    },
    {
      "sense": "like an owl",
      "word": "owly"
    },
    {
      "sense": "like an owl",
      "word": "strigine"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "resembling or characteristic of an owl",
      "word": "eulenhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "resembling or characteristic of an owl",
      "word": "hulladagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "resembling or characteristic of an owl",
      "word": "corujento"
    }
  ],
  "word": "owlish"
}