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sheepdom

sheepdom noun: the quality or state of being a sheep.

Noun

sheepdom (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being a sheep.
    • Harry sat between them, like a sheep as he was, very meekly--not without some enjoyment of his sheepdom, but still feeling that he was a sheep.c. 1867, Anthony Trollope, The Claverings
    • In the shape of a wedge with a leader at the point of it, they were running with a definite purpose and as though all the dogs in sheepdom were heeling them.1919, Caroline Lockhart, The Fighting Shepherdess

Origin of sheepdom

From sheep + -dom.

Questions about sheepdom

What does sheepdom mean?
Sheepdom means the quality or state of being a sheep.
What part of speech is sheepdom?
Sheepdom is a noun.

Words near sheepdom in the dictionary

  1. sheepdips
  2. sheepdog
  3. sheepdogged
  4. sheepdogging
  5. sheepdogs
  6. sheepdom
  7. sheepe
  8. Sheepeater
  9. Sheepeaters
  10. sheepfaced
  11. sheepflesh

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