BROODY

brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative

(adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful; “Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the ‘Byronic hero’ - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man”

broody

(adjective) physiologically ready to incubate eggs; “a broody hen”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

broody (plural broodies)

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

Adjective

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

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

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

Synonyms

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

Anagrams

• doobry

Source: Wiktionary

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Brood"y, a.

Definition: Inclined to brood. Ray.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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