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

Also an encysted tumour containing matter of a curdy appearance.

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

Thus the addition of hard water to a solution of soap, or the converse of this operation, causes the production of the insoluble curdy matter before mentioned.

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

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 cheese should not be curdy and harsh, but should yield quite readily to pressure under the thumb, becoming on manipulation waxy and plastic instead of crumbly or mealy.

From Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying by H. L. (Harry Luman) Russell

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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