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Webster 1913 Edition
Sheepish
Sheep′ish
,Adj.
1.
Of or pertaining to sheep.
[Obs.]
2.
Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess.
Wanting change of company, he will, when he comes abroad, be a
– sheepish
or conceited creature. Locke.
Sheep′ish-ly
, adv.
Sheep′ish-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sheepish
SHEE'PISH
,Adj.
1. Like a sheep; bashfus; timorous to excess; over-modest; meanly diffident.
2. Pertaining to sheep.