curdy

American  

[kur-dee] / ˈkɜr di /

adjective

curdier, curdiest

1. like curd; full of or containing curd; coagulated.

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Other Word Forms

• curdiness
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of curdy

First recorded in 1500–10; curd + -y ¹

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

curdy curdiest

But how different, I ask you, is humble cottage cheese from the creamy, curdy stracciatella inside these fancy-sounding dairy balls?

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2023

In the decomposition of soap these salts form curdy and insoluble compounds containing the fatty acids of the soap and the lime and magnesia of the salts.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 by Various

When fish is out of season, it has a transparent, bluish tinge, however much it may be boiled; when it is in season, its muscles are firm, and boil white and curdy.

From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

The thick and curdy milk … commonly called biestings.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

Casein is the curdy ingredient of milk, and a highly important food-substance.

From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Joseph Chrisman Hutchison

The thickest salmon, the curdiest trout, the fattest partridge, and the most tender woodcock smoked on his board, and, rumor said, cooked with a delicacy that more pretentious houses could not rival.

From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Charles James Lever

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