sheepyadj.

/ˈʃiːpi/

Etymology: < sheep n. + -y suffix¹.

rare.

a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling sheep.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective]

probaticc1450

sheepy1532

vervecine1653

probatical1747

woolly1820

ovine1828

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > resembling or of the form of sheep

sheepishc1200

sheepy1532

sheepa1556

sheep-like1596

oviform1877

criocephalous1882

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxxii It greueth me to remembre these dyuers sentences, in ianglynge of these shepy people.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) cxliv. viii The sheepy prease, The streetes shall scantly hold.

1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 7 The ‘La Alláh il Alláh!’..is of all human sounds the most like bleating. It is sheep-ier than monotonous; it is absolutely mutton-ous.

1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors I. viii. 131 He called the social English the most sheepy of sheep.

b. Full of sheep.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > full of

woolly1591

sheepy1934

1934 D. Thomas Let. 25 Apr. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 110 I even go without a coat (sometimes) in this cold weather, & tread be-jumpered over the sheepy fields.

1979 R. Barnard Posthumous Papers viii. 73 The lonely, sheepy expanses of her native land.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	sheepy
释义	sheepyadj. /ˈʃiːpi/ Etymology: < sheep n. + -y suffix¹. rare. a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling sheep. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] probaticc1450 sheepy1532 vervecine1653 probatical1747 woolly1820 ovine1828 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > resembling or of the form of sheep sheepishc1200 sheepy1532 sheepa1556 sheep-like1596 oviform1877 criocephalous1882 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxxii It greueth me to remembre these dyuers sentences, in ianglynge of these shepy people. a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) cxliv. viii The sheepy prease, The streetes shall scantly hold. 1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 7 The ‘La Alláh il Alláh!’..is of all human sounds the most like bleating. It is sheep-ier than monotonous; it is absolutely mutton-ous. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors I. viii. 131 He called the social English the most sheepy of sheep. b. Full of sheep. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > full of woolly1591 sheepy1934 1934 D. Thomas Let. 25 Apr. in Sel. Lett. (1966) 110 I even go without a coat (sometimes) in this cold weather, & tread be-jumpered over the sheepy fields. 1979 R. Barnard Posthumous Papers viii. 73 The lonely, sheepy expanses of her native land. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1532
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