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breedy

breedy adjective: apt or ready to breed, produce; breeding readily; prolific.

Adjective

breedy (comparative more breedy, superlative most breedy)

  1. Apt or ready to breed, produce; breeding readily; prolific
    • All three girls now had gathered about the table to gauge his progress. Together they cast a breedy scent like that arising from dank beds of galax, and it overpowered even the reek of the strange meat.1997, Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain: A Novel, Atlantic Monthly Press, page 219
    • [...] he watched Stephen Douglas jump a neat clear on a breedy bay mare who went by the name of China Lily.2010, Lyndon Stacey, Cut Throat - Page 147

Forms of breedy

comparativemore breedy
superlativemost breedy

Origin of breedy

From breed + -y. In some senses, perhaps a clipping of breeding.

Words formed from breedy

Words that rhyme with breedy

Questions about breedy

What does breedy mean?
Breedy means apt or ready to breed, produce; breeding readily; prolific.
What part of speech is breedy?
Breedy is an adjective.

Words near breedy in the dictionary

  1. breeds
  2. breeds in the bone
  3. breeds like rabbits
  4. breeds true
  5. breeds up
  6. breedy
  7. breek
  8. breekless
  9. breeks
  10. Breeland
  11. Breelands

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