curdy

[ kur-dee ]

adjective

, curd·i·er, curd·i·est.

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

Other Words From

• curdi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of curdy¹

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

Example Sentences

The bare kitchen had the musky, warm smell of newly-baked bread and of curdy, sweet buttermilk by the afternoon.

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Also an encysted tumour containing matter of a curdy appearance.

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The moist precipitate is heavy and curdy; it is decomposed by direct sunlight, becoming violet under its influence.

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Soon after that hour the sonorous voice of Dr. Curdy rang through the town: 'O, yes!

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A white curdy precipitate is thrown down on the addition of silver nitrate test solution.

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