broodiness

noun

Etymology

From broody + -ness.

  1. inherited from brōdiġ
  2. inherited from *brody
  3. suffixed as broodiness — “broody + ness

Definitions

  1. The state of being broody.

    • In contrast, egg-producing white leghorn chickens have had the broodiness bred out of them.
    • Bohmes Liebeslied, for flute and piano, is arresting in its low-key broodiness; Bittersweet Music I, its piccolo a lonely bird in its nervous twitters, continued the despairing mood.
    • When a hen shows signs of broodiness remove her to the sitting-room.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA