English Explanatory Dictionary

sheepy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a sheep.
noun
  1. sheep
name
  1. A civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England, which includes the villages of Sheepy Magna and Sheepy Parva.
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sheepy.wav

Word forms

sheepy sheepier sheepiest sheepies Sheepys

Etymology

From sheep + -y.

Synonyms

ovine sheepish sheeplike

Antonyms

nonovine

Related words

sheepish

Derived words

sheepily sheepiness Sheepy Magna Sheepy Parva
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