a. 1. Of or pertaining to sheep. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Like a sheep; bashful; over-modest; meanly or foolishly diffident; timorous to excess. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wanting change of company, he will, when he comes abroad, be a sheepish or conceited creature. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
-- Sheep"ish*ly, adv. -- Sheep"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]