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

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

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

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

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

Nor waited more, but bade “The beverage of the roasted grain be mix'd; “And added honey, all the strength of wine, “And curdy milk, and juices, which beneath “Such powerful sweetness undetected lay.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

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 Lever, Charles James