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Added 9 October 2026

brood

/bɹuːd/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about brood at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The young of an animal cared for at one time.

verb

Think moodily or anxiously about something.
Hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing.
The terrible vision brooded over her all day long
Be in a huff and display one's displeasure.
She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted

Origin

From Middle English brood, brod, from Old English brōd (“brood; foetus; breeding, hatching”), from Proto-Germanic *brōduz (“heat, breeding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁- (“breath, mist, vapour, steam”).

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