sheepdom

noun

Etymology

From sheep + -dom.

  1. inherited from *skēpą
  2. inherited from *skāp
  3. inherited from sċēp
  4. inherited from schep
  5. suffixed as sheepdom — “sheep + dom

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being a sheep.

    • Harry sat between them, like a sheep as he was, very meekly--not without some enjoyment of his sheepdom, but still feeling that he was a sheep.
    • In the shape of a wedge with a leader at the point of it, they were running with a definite purpose and as though all the dogs in sheepdom were heeling them.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA