sheepishnessn.
/ˈʃiːpɪʃnɪs/ †Simplicity, stupidity; †timorousness; excessive bashfulness or diffidence.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun]
hardnessOE
stuntnessc1000
sotshipc1050
witlessnessa1100
sotheada1200
dullness1398
bluntness1483
slowness1495
grossnessa1530
stupidity?1541
assishness?1548
dastardness1552
lourderie1555
dastardliness1556
blockishness1561
doltishness1569
sottage1569
sheepishness1574
doltry1581
sottishness1589
doltage1593
dorbellism1593
grout-headry1600
opacity1611
duncery1615
dunstery1615
stupidness1619
hebetude1621
insulsity1623
unintelligence1634
obtuseness1648
jobbernowlism1652
dullery1653
non-intelligence1653
blockheadishness1656
crassness1664
blockheadedness1716
stolidness1727
blockheadism1753
numbskullity1779
nincompoophood1791
duncishness1805
numbskullism1806
foziness1821
noodledum1821
obtusity1823
soft-headedness1823
noodledom1827
duncehood1829
dunderheadedness1830
sumphishness1830
asininity1831
dunderheadism1836
stockishness1837
dullardness1840
fat-headedness1840
stupor1845
duncedom1847
misintelligence1848
nincompoopery1850
wooden-headedness1850
dumminess1852
jolterheadedness1852
ninnyship1852
donkeyism1855
dumbness1860
beef-wittedness1863
crassitude1865
donkeyhood1869
slow-wittedness1869
chuckle-headedness1880
leatherheadedness1880
pinheadedness1884
numbskulledness1885
donkeydom1889
thickheadedness1889
density1894
moronism1922
nitwittedness1931
nitwittery1931
noodleness1931
dopiness1942
squirrel-headedness1955
nincompoopism1957
dim-wittedness1960
clottishness1961
the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [noun]
arghtha1250
arghshipc1275
arghness1340
faintness1398
ferdfulness1398
timorosity1490
timiditya1513
timorousnessa1513
unboldness?1520
timerity1582
inaudacity?1594
unhardiness1611
to lie aback1636
meticulosity1655
pavidity1656
afraidness1669
timidness1680
sheepishness1712
funkiness1859
fearsomeness1891
the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [noun] > sheepishness
sheepishness1712
1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 99 To speak some thing with to much simplicitie..is a sheapishnes.
1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles i. ii. 145 Your forged sheepishnes.
1633 G. Herbert Church Porch in Temple xvi Thy Gentrie bleats, as if thy native cloth Transfus'd a sheepishnesse into thy storie.
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (2 Cor. xi. 3) Simplicity: the world cals it sillinesse, sheepishnesse.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 484. ⁋5 Under the notion of modesty, men have indulged themselves in a spiritless sheepishness.
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xviii. 267 A natural and rustic grace, with nothing of the sheepishness of an ordinary peasant. View more context for this quotation
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters vi. 153 He is bashful, even to sheepishness.
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