brood‧y /ˈbruːdi/ adjective

1. British English informal wishing that you had a baby:
I get broody when I see baby clothes.

2. silent because you are thinking or worrying about something:
Damian’s been broody lately.

3. if a female bird is broody, it wants to lay eggs or to sit on them to make the young birds break out
—broodiness noun [uncountable]

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