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Broody   /brˈudi/   Listen
Broody

adjective
1.
Physiologically ready to incubate eggs.
2.
Deeply or seriously thoughtful.  Synonyms: brooding, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative.





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"Broody" Quotes from Famous Books



... exploded once, quite as abruptly as had the giant powder. After that he chewed tobacco and drove in broody silence. ...
— Casey Ryan • B. M. Bower
... world that he was past bothering about explaining things or being surprised at anything. But he seemed to get a new idea about me; he came back to the steps again, and watched my brush for a while, as if he was thinking, in a broody sort of way, of throwing up his practice and going in for house-painting. Then he ...
— Over the Sliprails • Henry Lawson


Words linked to "Broody" :   biddy, thoughtful, hen, oviparous


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