1. broody - Noun
2. broody - Adjective
3. broody - Adjective Satellite
Inclined to brood.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA Royal Commission is a broody hen sitting on a china egg. Michael Foot
When I was a small boy, following the affairs of the House of Commons as closely as I could, I asked my father what a Royal Commission was. He said, "It is a broody hen sitting on a china egg." Michael Foot
When you take into public ownership a profitable industry the profits soon disappear. The goose that laid the golden eggs goes broody. State geese are not great layers. Margaret Thatcher
I've been broody since I was 12, but I can't just get anyone pregnant. It has got to be the right person. Benedict Cumberbatch
Better a handful of dried figs and content with that, than to own the gate of peacocks and be kicked in the eye by a broody camel. Moroccan Proverb
Better a handful of dry dates and content therewith than to own the Gate of Peacocks and be kicked in the eye by a broody camel. Arabic Proverb