Dictionary

owlery en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English owl Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English owlery From owl + -ery.

Meanings

1. An abode of owls.
   • Or perhaps there is now no heroic wisdom left in England; England, once the land of heroes, is itself sunk now to a dim owlery, and habitation of doleful creatures, intent only on money-making and other forms of catching mice, for whom the proper gospel is the gospel of M‘Croudy, and all nobler impulses and insights are forbidden henceforth? 1850 April 1, Thomas Carlyle, “No. III. Downing Street.”, in Latter-Day Pamphlets, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 93:
2. A pen or enclosure for owls.

Forms

Translations (5)

hu bagolyvár (abode of owls) · hu bagolyodú (abode of owls) · pl siedlisko sów (abode of owls) · hu bagolyfészek (abode of owls) · hu bagolytanya (abode of owls)