Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An owlish or preying disposition or habit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Affected wisdom; pompous dullness.
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- noun
Affected orpretentious wisdom ;pompous dullness .
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owl + -ism
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