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Default Re: Is there a single word for `sheep-like' ?

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Originally Posted by mounty View Post
It seems that there is no single English word for the Spanish gregario, which describes one who unquestioningly and unthinkingly follows the herd. Can anyone think of one ?
Note that the Spanish word is not the same as the English gregarious.
I would use pliable. Answers.com defines this as - susceptible to being led or directed. The site also suggests fictile ( a new word to me) with the same meaning.
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