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 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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 sheepishness
      n : feeling embarrassed about yourself [syn: shamefacedness]