Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inclination to brood or sit, as in a hen.
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- noun The state of being
broody
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mr Jarrett believes Andy's broodiness is down to his body being full of hormones at the end of the breeding season.
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Mr Jarrett believes Andy's broodiness is down to his body being full of hormones at the end of the breeding season.
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For example, several of my best hens, quite untouched by the modern spirit of feminine unrest, have been developing "broodiness" and
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Sometimes I wish I could turn off the broodiness - I melt whenever I see those tiny baby clothes in the shops and I've even bought a few items because I simply couldn't resist.
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There was a time, once, on a grey, dull Sunday afternoon when I glanced out the window and thought about having children but it turned out I was confusing the feeling of broodiness with terrible indigestion.
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That hunka-hunk-of-biting-love version of vampire lore gets a new boost tonight from CW's Vampire Diaries, a TV amalgam of Twilight's teen-angst broodiness, True Blood's humor-spiced chills, and the good boy/bad boy dynamic that is a teen soap's lifeblood.
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There was a rap at the front door, and I found myself glad for it, glad for anything to distract me from the broodiness that now filled my kitchen.
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Kara Tointon has just the right broodiness as the edgy Evelyn, who is like a comic version of the young mother in Edward Bond's Saved.
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There was a rap at the front door, and I found myself glad for it, glad for anything to distract me from the broodiness that now filled my kitchen.
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The breed is prized for its gentleness and broodiness, and the hens are often used commercially to hatch eggs, especially pheasant eggs.
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