Unshepherdly

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not shepherdly.

    "No doubt a good deal could be said about the botany of a single blade of grass, but the flock is starving whilst the green pastures are interdicted by the fluent but most unshepherdly botanist."

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"No doubt a good deal could be said about the botany of a single blade of grass, but the flock is starving whilst the green pastures are interdicted by the fluent but most unshepherdly botanist."

Etymology

From un- + shepherdly.

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