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Sound
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adj
Resembling or characteristic of a sheep.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Synonyms: ovine, sheepish, sheeplike
Antonyms: nonovine
name
A civil parish in Hinckley and Bosworth district, Leicestershire, England, which includes the villages of Sheepy Magna and Sheepy Parva.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A habitational surname from Old English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
sheep
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: childish, endearing
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From sheep + -y.
From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + īeġ (“island”).
Across languages
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