broodiness

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noun

The state of being broody.

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Meanings

nounbroodiness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state of being broody.

    When a hen shows signs of broodiness remove her to the sitting-room.

    1911, Milo M. Hastings, The Dollar Hen
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    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

    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

Origin

From broody + -ness.

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broodiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broodiness

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“broodiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broodiness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “broodiness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broodiness.

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