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

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

If the stools have a very curdy appearance, or are too liquid, or green, or dark-coloured, or smell badly, they are unnatural.

From The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease by Thomas Bull

Also an encysted tumour containing matter of a curdy appearance.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

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

On adding tannic acid solution to all three, only the silk yields a precipitate, a rather curdy one consisting of fibroïn.

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

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