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curdy

curdy adjective: like, or full of, curd; coagulated.

Adjective

curdy (comparative curdier, superlative curdiest)

  1. Like, or full of, curd; coagulated.
    • A good sherris-sack hath a twofold operation in it. It ascends me into the brain; dries me there all the foolish and dull and curdy vapours which environ it; makes it apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble fiery.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...
    • The oil by degrees gets covered with a curdy mass, which after some time settles to the bottom, while itself becomes limpid and colorless.1842, Andrew Ure, A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines

Forms of curdy

comparativecurdier
superlativecurdiest

Origin of curdy

From curd + -y.

Words formed from curdy

Questions about curdy

What does curdy mean?
Curdy means like, or full of, curd; coagulated.
What part of speech is curdy?
Curdy is an adjective.

Words near curdy in the dictionary

  1. Curdridge
  2. curds
  3. curds and whey
  4. curdwort
  5. Curdworth
  6. curdy
  7. cure
  8. cure cancer
  9. cure down
  10. cure for cancer
  11. cure time

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