hangdog vs ovine

hangdog

noun
  • A base, degraded person. 

verb
  • To move or loiter in a sneaking or ashamed manner. 

adj
  • Low; sneaking; ashamed. 

ovine

noun
  • 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. 

  • An animal from the genus Ovis; a sheep. 

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

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

How often have the words hangdog and ovine occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )