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sheepless en · ADJ

Etymology

From sheep + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Without sheep.
    • I was president of both these flourishing organizations, was chairman of the parish committee of the Unitarian Church, leading to its enlargement and extended usefulness, was a member of the congressional committee of the district which wrested a congressman from the Democrats, electing, after a desperate struggle, John W. Candler, to the National Legislature in place of Russell, "the sheepless Shepherd." 1903, James Henry Foss, The Gentleman from Everywhere:
    • The pastures are herdless and sheepless, No pasture or shelter for herds: The wind is relentless and sleepless, And restless and songless the birds; Their cries from afar fall breathless, Their wings are as lightnings that flee; For the land has two lords that are deathless: Death's self, and the sea. 4. 1880, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Studies in Song: