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

When boiled, the white is never curdy like that of a new-laid hen's egg, but transparent and glassy, while the yolk is much darker in colour.

From Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Piper, Hugh

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

"Tell me, tell me!" he said, passionately clasping her, in forgetfulness of his curdy hands: "do tell me that you won't belong to anybody but me!"

From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas

Such waters are "hard"; when used in washing, the minerals which they contain combine with the fatty acids of soap to form insoluble curdy compounds.

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon

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