sheepish
adj/ˈʃiːpɪʃ/
Etymology
From Middle English schepische, shepisse, shepisshe; equivalent to sheep + -ish.
- inherited from schepische
Definitions
Having the characteristics of a sheep, as meekness, shyness, or docility.
- “King Ty? Your sister is back.” “I don't want to talk to her unless she's here to apologize. Does she look sheepish?” “I guess I've seen a sheep in a cage before, so, yeah, kind of.”
Shy, meek, ashamed or embarrassed.
- a sheepish girl
- a sheepish grin
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for sheepish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA