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sheephood

sheephood noun: the state of being a sheep.

Noun

sheephood (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a sheep.
    • Just then the woolly offender made her appearance, and Bill [Snyder] forgot his mishap and stooped to scratch her head. Tne animal, he said, was just budding from lambhood into sheephood, and her only fault was that she could not forget her bringing up.1912 August 5, “ZOO SHEEP ACTS JUST LIKE A CAT; […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2025
    • A single question put to him is good for a prophecy or a speech. “Hast any philosophy in thee, shepherd?” Shepherd FARLEY abounds in it. Not content with collecting the Democratic sheep into the fold, he insists upon instructing them in all the duties of sheephood.1936 May 23, “TOO MUCH FARLEY”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2025

Examples of sheephood in a sentence

  • Dolly the clone has come up with arthritis in her prime sheephood.2002 January 11, Ellen Goodman, “Mind Over Muscle”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC...
  • But the flock love Brenda’s unusual approach to sheephood; will their adoration change the predator’s mind?2019 August 3, Imogen Russell Williams, “Children’s and teens roundup: the best new picture books and novels”, in Katharine Viner, editor...

Origin of sheephood

From sheep + -hood.

Questions about sheephood

What does sheephood mean?
Sheephood means the state of being a sheep.
How do you use sheephood in a sentence?
Dolly the clone has come up with arthritis in her prime sheephood.
What part of speech is sheephood?
Sheephood is a noun.

Words near sheephood in the dictionary

  1. sheepgrass
  2. sheephead
  3. sheepherder
  4. sheepherders
  5. sheepherding
  6. sheephood
  7. sheephook
  8. sheephooks
  9. sheephouse
  10. sheephouses
  11. sheepier

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