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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BROOD'Y, a. In a state of sitting on eggs for hatching; inclined to sit. [Unusual.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: physiologically ready to incubate eggs; "a broody hen"
2: 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"; [syn: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative] n
1: a domestic hen ready to brood [syn: brood hen, broody, broody hen, setting hen, sitter]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1523 1. being in a state of readiness to brood eggs that is characterized by cessation of laying and by marked changes in behavior and physiology <a broody hen> 2. given or conducive to introspection ; contemplative, moody • broodiness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (broodier, broodiest) 1 (of a hen) wanting to brood. 2 sullenly thoughtful or depressed. 3 colloq. (of a woman) wanting to have a baby. Derivatives: broodily adv. broodiness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Broody Brood"y, a. Inclined to brood. --Ray.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. You say that someone is broody when they are thinking a lot about something in an unhappy way. He became very withdrawn and broody. ADJ 2. A broody hen is ready to lay or sit on eggs. ADJ 3. If you describe a young woman as broody, you mean that she wants to have a baby and she keeps thinking about it. (BRIT INFORMAL) ADJ: usu v-link ADJ