broody

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English *brody, *brodi, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English brōdiġ (“broody”), equivalent to brood +‎ -y. Cognate with German brütig (“broody”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹuːdi/
• Rhymes: -uːdi

Noun

broody (plural broodies)

1. A female bird in the condition to incubate eggs; a broody hen, duck, etc.

   There are six broodies in that coop.

Translations

female bird in the condition to incubate eggs

• Galician: choca f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: verpende, verpesyk (no) (resulting behaviour as a consequence of broodiness)

• Persian: کرچ (fa) (korč)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: nieśna f
• Scottish Gaelic: (hen) cearc-ghur f
• Spanish: clueca (es) f, culeca (es) f

Adjective

broody (comparative broodier or more broody, superlative broodiest or most broody)

1. Of birds: sitting persistently and protectively on a nest, in order to hatch eggs.

   a broody hen

2. Of any creature or person: showing an interest in raising young.

Synonyms

• (sitting on a nest to hatch eggs): clucky

See also

• baby rabies
• biological clock

Anagrams

• doobry