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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Sheepish

· Sheep·ish · IPA /ˈʃiːpɪʃ/
01 a. Of or pertaining to sheep.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to sheep.[Obs.]
  2. 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.