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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 broody melancholy young man";
   - brooding, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, reflective, ruminative

1. A domestic hen ready to brood
   - brood hen, broody hen, setting hen, sitter

Derived forms: broodies, broodiest, broodier

See also: oviparous, thoughtful

Type of: biddy, hen

Encyclopedia: Broody