Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗An animal from the genus Ovis; a sheep. · 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.
Of, being, pertaining to, or resembling a sheep; also, (not comparable) of an animal: from the genus Ovis. · Resembling a sheep in character; acquiescent, easily influenced, passive, or willing to follow a leader blindly.
The adjective is borrowed from Late Latin ovīnus (“ovine”) + English -ine (suffix with the sense ‘of or relating to’ forming adjectives). Ovīnus is derived from Latin ovis (“sheep”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”), possibly from *h₂ew- (“to clothe oneself, dress; to be dressed”) in the sense of something that provides woollen clothing) + -īnus (suffix with the sense ‘of or relating to’ forming adjectives). By surface analysis, ove- + -ine. The noun is derived from the adjective.
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