"sheepy" meaning in English

See sheepy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sheepy.wav Forms: sheepier [comparative], sheepiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːpi Etymology: From sheep + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sheep|y}} sheep + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} sheepy (comparative sheepier, superlative sheepiest)
  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a sheep. Tags: informal Related terms: sheepish Translations (resembling a sheep): lammasmainen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-sheepy-en-adj-wu67Myd6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 80 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 89 11

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sheepy.wav Forms: sheepies [plural]
Rhymes: -iːpi Etymology: From sheep + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sheep|y}} sheep + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} sheepy (plural sheepies)
  1. (childish or endearing) sheep Tags: childish, endearing
    Sense id: en-sheepy-en-noun-XFmWFqxQ

Inflected forms

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