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broodiness en · NOUN

Etymology

From broody + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state of being broody.
    • When a hen shows signs of broodiness remove her to the sitting-room. 1911, Milo M. Hastings, The Dollar Hen:
    • 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. 1991 September 13, Ted Shen, “Composing Women”, in Chicago Reader:
    • In contrast, egg-producing white leghorn chickens have had the broodiness bred out of them. 1998 March 6, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader: