brood ‧ y /ˈbruːdi/ BrE AmE 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]