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shepherdish

shepherdish adjective: resembling or suiting a shepherd; pastoral.

Adjective

shepherdish (comparative more shepherdish, superlative most shepherdish)

  1. (archaic) Resembling or suiting a shepherd; pastoral.
    Synonyms:
    shepherdly

Synonyms of shepherdish

Forms of shepherdish

comparativemore shepherdish
superlativemost shepherdish

Origin of shepherdish

From shepherd + -ish.

Questions about shepherdish

What does shepherdish mean?
Shepherdish means resembling or suiting a shepherd; pastoral.
What part of speech is shepherdish?
Shepherdish is an adjective.

Words near shepherdish in the dictionary

  1. shepherdhood
  2. shepherdia
  3. shepherdias
  4. shepherding
  5. shepherdings
  6. shepherdish
  7. shepherdism
  8. shepherdless
  9. shepherdless pie
  10. shepherdlessness
  11. shepherdlike

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