SHEEPISH
ADJECTIVES
1626 — DOWNLOOKING demure, sheepish, hangdog
1636 — DOWNLOOKED guilty-looking, sullen; demure, sheepish, hangdog → obs.
1871 — BAUCH abashed, timid, sheepish → Sc.
1898 — BLEAK sheepish → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — QUIET sheepish → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 — BLAIT — BLATE shy, sheepish, bashful, timid → Sc. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1598 — JACK-A-LENT a stupid or sheepish fellow; a simpleton → arch.
1870 — HAMMIE — HAMMY a sheepish, cowardly person → Eng. dial.
1894 — SAFT DUD an inept, slow-witted, sheepish sort of person → Sc.
1897 — SUMPLE a soft blunt sheepish fellow → Sc.
1911 — BLAITIE-BUM a sheepish fellow → Sc. (Bk.)
Lexicophilia 