ovine

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis.

   “Satyr was a gleam of classical memory on the part of Moreau,—his face ovine in expression, like the coarser Hebrew type; his voice a harsh bleat”

2. sıfat Resembling a sheep in character; acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly.

   “The Patient from being Maniacl, or raging mad, became vvholly Ovine or Sheepiſh; he bleated perpetually, and chevv'd the Cud: […]”

3. isim An animal from the genus Ovis; a sheep.
4. isim A person regarded as resembling a sheep in character; one who is acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly; a sheep.

   “At present, municipal councillors play at party politics by organizing the ovine members who do not know how to vote until a Party Whip tells them, and opposing independent candidates at the elections. The remedy for this is the exclusion of ovines from the municipal panel.”