† sheepinessn.
Obsolete. rare.
Meanspiritedness.
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the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > base cowardice
wickedness1487
dastardness1519
currishness1542
dastardliness1561
dastardy1588
poltroonery1590
beggar-fear1597
dastardice1603
poorness1625
low-spiritedness1641
poltroonism1644
sheepiness1663
cravenness1850
1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim (1665) xi. 68 Humility then you see is not sheepiness, but loftiness of mind.
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