Dictionary entry

Sheepish

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sheep″ish, a. 1. Of or pertaining to sheep.

2. Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess.

Wanting change of company, he will, when he comes abroad, be a sheepish or conceited creature. Locke.

— Sheep″ish‐ly, adv. — Sheep″ish‐ness, n.