broody

adjective

  1. 1

    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

  2. 2

    physiologically ready to incubate eggs

    a broody hen

noun

  1. 1

    a domestic hen ready to brood

Synonyms

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