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

Etymology

Origin of curdy

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

Example Sentences

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

The hotch-potch was unexceptionable, the salmon curdy, and the lamb roasted without a fault; and if the red-armed Hebe who attended was somewhat awkward in her motions, she was at least zealous to a degree.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 by Various

Aphtha, or thrush, is another trouble of the sucking calf, showing itself as a white, curdy elevation on the tongue, lips, cheeks, or gums, and when detached leaving a raw, red, angry surface.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Chlorides.—A solution of silver nitrate and nitric acid gives a white curdy precipitate.

From The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association by Shonk, Albert

I took the baby down and looked over my shoulder—the little rip had opened her mouth and sent a stream of white, curdy milk down the back of my new overcoat.

From The Blunders of a Bashful Man by Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller