sheepishadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈʃiːpɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈʃipɪʃ/

Forms: Also Middle English shepiss(h)e, Middle English schep-, Middle English–1500s shepishe, 1500s sheppeshe, etc.

Etymology: < sheep n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch schaepsch (Dutch schaapsch), German schäfisch.

1. †(a) Of, pertaining to, or concerned with sheep; ovine. Obsolete. (b) Resembling sheep or their characteristics. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > resembling or of the form of sheep

sheepishc1200

sheepy1532

sheepa1556

sheep-like1596

oviform1877

criocephalous1882

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 37 Sume men..goð eche dai to chirche alse shep to uolde..and beð cleped shepisse men.

1532 T. More Confut. Barnes in Wks. (1557) 763/2 For al their shepishe semblaunce outwardly, righte rauenous wolues are they within.

1536 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 114 Soche greate ones..in time paste, like bell-wethers, had led the sheppeshe flockes of England against their prince.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. i. sig. B1^v Some [shepherds were] setting a bell for an ensigne of a sheepish squadron.

1611 A. Stafford Niobe 218 How to chuse the best tarre:..how to excell in sheepish surgery.

1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. i. ii. 31 It is not a sheepish tendency, but an independent resolve growing out of our nature.

†2.

a. Meek, innocent. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > [adjective]

heanc825

daftc1000

edmedec1000

edmodc1000

edmodeda1175

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deftc1220

edmodi?c1225

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unselfdelicious1605

cottagely1653

unselfvaluing1668

simplified1721

demissivea1763

stateless1844

maiden-meek1847

vanityless1854

patronizable1884

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6654 Niss he nohht hinnderrȝæp. ne pratt..Acc iss shepisshe. & bile whit.

†b. Simple, silly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective]

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dullOE

hardOE

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obtuse1509

peakish1519

wearish1519

deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520

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gross1526

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stulty1532

ass-headed1533

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sheep's head1542

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surd1551

dull-headed1552

hammer-headed1552

skit-brained?1553

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witless1562

log-headeda1566

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bedaft1579

dull-pated1580

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buzzard-like1581

long-eared1582

dullard1583

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duncical1588

leaden-headed1589

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dunstical1592

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shallow-brained1592

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Bœotian1598

clay-brained1598

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fat-witted1598

knotty-pated1598

stupidous1598

wit-lost1599

barren1600

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thick1600

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asininec1610

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flata1616

logger-headeda1616

puppy-headeda1616

shallow-patedc1616

thick-brained1619

half-headed1621

buzzard-blinda1625

beef-brained1628

toom-headed1629

thick-witted1634

woollen-witted1635

squirrel-headed1637

clod-pated1639

lean-souled1639

muddy-headed1642

leaden-witteda1645

as sad as any mallet1645

under-headed1646

fat-headed1647

half-witted1647

insipid1651

insulsate1652

soft-headed1653

thick-skulleda1657

muddish1658

non-intelligent1659

whey-brained1660

sap-headed1665

timber-headed1666

leather-headeda1668

out of (one's) tree1669

boobily1673

thoughtless1673

lourdly1674

logger1675

unintelligenta1676

Bœotic1678

chicken-brained1678

under-witted1683

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dunderheaded1692

unintelligible1694

buffle-headed1697

crassicc1700

numbskulled1707

crassous1708

doddy-polled1708

haggis-headed1715

niddy-noddy1722

muzzy1723

pudding-headed1726

sumphish1728

pitcher-souleda1739

duncey1743

hebete1743

chuckheaded1756

dumb1756

duncely1757

imbecile1766

mutton-headed1768

chuckle-headed1770

jobbernowl1770

dowfarta1774

boobyish1778

wittol1780

staumrel1787

opaquec1789

stoopid1791

mud-headed1793

borné1795

muzzy-headed1798

nog-headed1800

thick-headed1801

gypit1804

duncish1805

lightweight1809

numbskull1814

tup-headed1816

chuckle-pate1820

unintellectuala1821

dense1822

ninnyish1822

dunch1825

fozy1825

potato-headed1826

beef-headed1828

donkeyish1831

blockheadish1833

pinheaded1837

squirrel-minded1837

pumpkin-headed1838

tomfoolish1838

dundering1840

chicken-headed1842

like a bump on a log1842

ninny-minded1849

numbheadeda1852

nincompoopish1852

suet-brained1852

dolly1853

mullet-headed1853

sodden1853

fiddle-headed1854

numb1854

bovine1855

logy1859

crass1861

unsmart1861

off his chump1864

wooden-headed1865

stupe1866

lean-minded1867

duffing1869

cretinous1871

doddering1871

thick-head1873

doddling1874

stupido1879

boneheaded1883

woolly-headed1883

leaden-natured1889

suet-headed1890

sam-sodden1891

dopey1896

turnip-headed1898

bonehead1903

wool-witted1905

peanut-headed1906

peanut-brained1907

dilly1909

torpid-minded1909

retardate1912

nitwitted1917

meat-headed1918

mug1922

cloth-headed1925

loopy1925

nitwit1928

lame-brained1929

dead from the neck up1930

simpy1932

nail-headed1936

square-headed1936

dingbats1937

pinhead1939

dim-witted1940

pea-brained1942

clueless1943

lobotomized1943

retarded1949

pointy-headed1950

clottish1952

like a stunned mullet1953

silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954

out to lunch1955

pin-brained1958

dozy1959

eejity1964

out of one's tiny mind1965

doofus1967

twitty1967

twittish1969

twatty1975

twattish1976

blur1977

dof1979

goofus1981

dickheaded1991

dickish1991

numpty1992

cockish1996

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 212 Queynte sleiȝtis to disceyue schepische men of worldly goodis.

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. F3 ^v I haue reade ouer thy Sheepish discourse of the Lambe of God and his enemies, and entreated my patience to bee good to thee whilst I read it.

1613 J. Marston & W. Barksted Insatiate Countesse i. i. 10 Zounds what a sheepish beginning is here?..thou art a simple louer.

1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. vii. 169 Would not the English do you a kindness in that, you sheepish Fellow, you?

†c. Excessively meek or submissive, fearful or timorous; mean-spirited. Obsolete except as implied in 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective]

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unboldc897

bletheOE

feyOE

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cocklea1500

sheepish?1518

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sheepa1556

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timorsomec1600

tremulous1611

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affrightful1631

formidolous1656

pavid1656

timidous1658

unsupported1694

tender-nosed1700

scary1773

pippin-hearted1809

kitten-hearted1831

funky1835

misventurous1849

milksoppish1852

tender-footed1854

fearsome1863

scare1885

milksoppy1886

milksopping1888

cotton wool1909

?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Gv^v While thou wolde behaue the, demure and pacient Beware, be nat remysse, nor sheepyshe in no wyse.

1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. 17 Monarchs..whose aim is to make the people, wealthy indeed perhaps and wel-fleec't..but..not only in fleece, but in minde also sheepishest.

1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks I. 93 We are happily tam'd and render'd thus mild and sheepish.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 13. ¶3 If the former was too furious, this was too sheepish, for his Part.

3. Bashful or awkward in the presence of others, esp. in society to which one is unaccustomed; embarrassed or out of countenance from an excess of shyness or diffidence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adjective] > sheepish

sheepa1556

downlookinga1626

downlooked1636

sheepish1693

1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §68 Being used constantly to the same Faces, and little Company, will, when he comes abroad, be a sheepish or conceited Creature.

1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer i. 7 Sensible, good-natured; I like all that. But then reserved, and sheepish, that's much against him.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 326 Bring an unlicked cub into company, and you will find him shy and sheepish;..uneasy in all situations.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor ii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 12 All the sheepish bashfulness common to those who have lived little in respectable society.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 369 Sheepish lads from the Universities.

1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist ix. 170 And away she went, leaving Edward looking rather sheepish.

4. quasi-adv. and adv. = sheepishly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adverb]

arghlyc1000

eislichec1175

faintly1297

fearedly1488

sheepishly1528

fearfully1548

timorously1548

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ghastly1589

frightfully1621

timidly1656

meticulouslya1682

fearingly1820

fearsomely1876

scarily1880

tremulously1886

mousily1910

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adverb] > sheepishly

sheepishly1528

sheepish1581

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 187 It maketh him to shepish bashfull.

1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 629 Sheepish he doffs his hat.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sheepish
释义	sheepishadj.adv. Brit. /ˈʃiːpɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈʃipɪʃ/ Forms: Also Middle English shepiss(h)e, Middle English schep-, Middle English–1500s shepishe, 1500s sheppeshe, etc. Etymology: < sheep n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch schaepsch (Dutch schaapsch), German schäfisch. 1. †(a) Of, pertaining to, or concerned with sheep; ovine. Obsolete. (b) Resembling sheep or their characteristics. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > resembling or of the form of sheep sheepishc1200 sheepy1532 sheepa1556 sheep-like1596 oviform1877 criocephalous1882 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 37 Sume men..goð eche dai to chirche alse shep to uolde..and beð cleped shepisse men. 1532 T. More Confut. Barnes in Wks. (1557) 763/2 For al their shepishe semblaunce outwardly, righte rauenous wolues are they within. 1536 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 114 Soche greate ones..in time paste, like bell-wethers, had led the sheppeshe flockes of England against their prince. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. i. sig. B1^v Some [shepherds were] setting a bell for an ensigne of a sheepish squadron. 1611 A. Stafford Niobe 218 How to chuse the best tarre:..how to excell in sheepish surgery. 1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. i. ii. 31 It is not a sheepish tendency, but an independent resolve growing out of our nature. †2. a. Meek, innocent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > [adjective] heanc825 daftc1000 edmedec1000 edmodc1000 edmodeda1175 sheepishc1175 deftc1220 edmodi?c1225 lowc1225 humblec1250 beienlichc1275 buxoma1300 meekc1325 benign1377 lowlya1382 contemptiblec1384 pridelessc1395 humil1488 low-down1548 unproud1570 demiss1572 unpuffed1577 afflicted1590 unselfdelicious1605 cottagely1653 unselfvaluing1668 simplified1721 demissivea1763 stateless1844 maiden-meek1847 vanityless1854 patronizable1884 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6654 Niss he nohht hinnderrȝæp. ne pratt..Acc iss shepisshe. & bile whit. †b. Simple, silly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] sloweOE stuntc960 dullOE hardOE stuntlyc1000 sotc1050 dillc1175 dulta1225 simplea1325 heavy1340 astonedc1374 sheepishc1380 dull-witteda1387 lourd1390 steerishc1411 ass-likea1425 brainless?a1439 deafc1440 sluggishc1450 short-witted1477 obtuse1509 peakish1519 wearish1519 deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520 doileda1522 gross1526 headlessa1530 stulty1532 ass-headed1533 pot-headed1533 stupid?1541 sheep's head1542 doltish1543 dumpish1545 assish1548 blockish1548 slow-witted1548 blockheaded1549 surd1551 dull-headed1552 hammer-headed1552 skit-brained?1553 buzzardly1561 witless1562 log-headeda1566 assy1566 sottish1566 dastardly1567 stupidious1567 beetle-headed1570 calvish1570 bluntish1578 cod's-headed1578 grout-headed1578 bedaft1579 dull-pated1580 blate1581 buzzard-like1581 long-eared1582 dullard1583 woodena1586 duncical1588 leaden-headed1589 buzzard1592 dorbellical1592 dunstical1592 heavy-headeda1593 shallow-brained1592 blunt-witted1594 mossy1597 Bœotian1598 clay-brained1598 fat1598 fat-witted1598 knotty-pated1598 stupidous1598 wit-lost1599 barren1600 duncifiedc1600 lourdish1600 stockish1600 thick1600 booby1603 leaden-pated1603 partless1603 thin-headed1603 leaden-skulledc1604 blockhead1606 frost-brained1606 ram-headed1608 beef-witted1609 insulse1609 leaden-spirited1609 asininec1610 clumse1611 blockheadly1612 wattle-headed1613 flata1616 logger-headeda1616 puppy-headeda1616 shallow-patedc1616 thick-brained1619 half-headed1621 buzzard-blinda1625 beef-brained1628 toom-headed1629 thick-witted1634 woollen-witted1635 squirrel-headed1637 clod-pated1639 lean-souled1639 muddy-headed1642 leaden-witteda1645 as sad as any mallet1645 under-headed1646 fat-headed1647 half-witted1647 insipid1651 insulsate1652 soft-headed1653 thick-skulleda1657 muddish1658 non-intelligent1659 whey-brained1660 sap-headed1665 timber-headed1666 leather-headeda1668 out of (one's) tree1669 boobily1673 thoughtless1673 lourdly1674 logger1675 unintelligenta1676 Bœotic1678 chicken-brained1678 under-witted1683 loggerhead1684 dunderheaded1692 unintelligible1694 buffle-headed1697 crassicc1700 numbskulled1707 crassous1708 doddy-polled1708 haggis-headed1715 niddy-noddy1722 muzzy1723 pudding-headed1726 sumphish1728 pitcher-souleda1739 duncey1743 hebete1743 chuckheaded1756 dumb1756 duncely1757 imbecile1766 mutton-headed1768 chuckle-headed1770 jobbernowl1770 dowfarta1774 boobyish1778 wittol1780 staumrel1787 opaquec1789 stoopid1791 mud-headed1793 borné1795 muzzy-headed1798 nog-headed1800 thick-headed1801 gypit1804 duncish1805 lightweight1809 numbskull1814 tup-headed1816 chuckle-pate1820 unintellectuala1821 dense1822 ninnyish1822 dunch1825 fozy1825 potato-headed1826 beef-headed1828 donkeyish1831 blockheadish1833 pinheaded1837 squirrel-minded1837 pumpkin-headed1838 tomfoolish1838 dundering1840 chicken-headed1842 like a bump on a log1842 ninny-minded1849 numbheadeda1852 nincompoopish1852 suet-brained1852 dolly1853 mullet-headed1853 sodden1853 fiddle-headed1854 numb1854 bovine1855 logy1859 crass1861 unsmart1861 off his chump1864 wooden-headed1865 stupe1866 lean-minded1867 duffing1869 cretinous1871 doddering1871 thick-head1873 doddling1874 stupido1879 boneheaded1883 woolly-headed1883 leaden-natured1889 suet-headed1890 sam-sodden1891 dopey1896 turnip-headed1898 bonehead1903 wool-witted1905 peanut-headed1906 peanut-brained1907 dilly1909 torpid-minded1909 retardate1912 nitwitted1917 meat-headed1918 mug1922 cloth-headed1925 loopy1925 nitwit1928 lame-brained1929 dead from the neck up1930 simpy1932 nail-headed1936 square-headed1936 dingbats1937 pinhead1939 dim-witted1940 pea-brained1942 clueless1943 lobotomized1943 retarded1949 pointy-headed1950 clottish1952 like a stunned mullet1953 silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954 out to lunch1955 pin-brained1958 dozy1959 eejity1964 out of one's tiny mind1965 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 twatty1975 twattish1976 blur1977 dof1979 goofus1981 dickheaded1991 dickish1991 numpty1992 cockish1996 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 212 Queynte sleiȝtis to disceyue schepische men of worldly goodis. 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. F3 ^v I haue reade ouer thy Sheepish discourse of the Lambe of God and his enemies, and entreated my patience to bee good to thee whilst I read it. 1613 J. Marston & W. Barksted Insatiate Countesse i. i. 10 Zounds what a sheepish beginning is here?..thou art a simple louer. 1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. vii. 169 Would not the English do you a kindness in that, you sheepish Fellow, you? †c. Excessively meek or submissive, fearful or timorous; mean-spirited. Obsolete except as implied in 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adjective] arghc885 unboldc897 bletheOE feyOE frightfula1325 fearedc1330 fearfulc1374 ferdfula1382 palea1393 ferdya1400 ghastful1422 tremblingc1430 timorousc1450 cremeuse1477 craintive1490 cocklea1500 sheepish?1518 awfula1522 meticulousc1540 timidc1550 sheepa1556 tremebundc1560 timorsomec1600 tremulous1611 pigeon-hearteda1625 affrightful1631 formidolous1656 pavid1656 timidous1658 unsupported1694 tender-nosed1700 scary1773 pippin-hearted1809 kitten-hearted1831 funky1835 misventurous1849 milksoppish1852 tender-footed1854 fearsome1863 scare1885 milksoppy1886 milksopping1888 cotton wool1909 ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Gv^v While thou wolde behaue the, demure and pacient Beware, be nat remysse, nor sheepyshe in no wyse. 1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. 17 Monarchs..whose aim is to make the people, wealthy indeed perhaps and wel-fleec't..but..not only in fleece, but in minde also sheepishest. 1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks I. 93 We are happily tam'd and render'd thus mild and sheepish. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 13. ¶3 If the former was too furious, this was too sheepish, for his Part. 3. Bashful or awkward in the presence of others, esp. in society to which one is unaccustomed; embarrassed or out of countenance from an excess of shyness or diffidence. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adjective] > sheepish sheepa1556 downlookinga1626 downlooked1636 sheepish1693 1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §68 Being used constantly to the same Faces, and little Company, will, when he comes abroad, be a sheepish or conceited Creature. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer i. 7 Sensible, good-natured; I like all that. But then reserved, and sheepish, that's much against him. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 326 Bring an unlicked cub into company, and you will find him shy and sheepish;..uneasy in all situations. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor ii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 12 All the sheepish bashfulness common to those who have lived little in respectable society. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 369 Sheepish lads from the Universities. 1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist ix. 170 And away she went, leaving Edward looking rather sheepish. 4. quasi-adv. and adv. = sheepishly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [adverb] arghlyc1000 eislichec1175 faintly1297 fearedly1488 sheepishly1528 fearfully1548 timorously1548 tremblingly1552 sheepish1581 ghastly1589 frightfully1621 timidly1656 meticulouslya1682 fearingly1820 fearsomely1876 scarily1880 tremulously1886 mousily1910 the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adverb] > sheepishly sheepishly1528 sheepish1581 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 187 It maketh him to shepish bashfull. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 629 Sheepish he doffs his hat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.adv.c1175
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