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sheep⋅ish
[shee-pish] 
pɪʃ
–adjective
| 1. | embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish. |
| 2. | like sheep, as in meekness, docility, etc. |
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Sheepish
Sheep"ish\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to sheep. [Obs.] 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.
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Language Translation for : sheepish
Spanish:
avergonzado, abochornado,
German:
blöde,
Japanese:
おどおどした
sheepish
c.1200, "resembling a sheep in some characteristic," from sheep. The sense of "bashful" first is recorded 1693.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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