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
broody (plural broodies)
A female bird in the condition to incubate eggs; a broody hen, duck, etc.
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.
• (sitting on a nest to hatch eggs): clucky
• doobry
Source: Wiktionary
Brood"y, a.
Definition: Inclined to brood. Ray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
