broody

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

broody
    adj 1: physiologically ready to incubate eggs; "a broody hen"
    2: deeply or seriously thoughtful; "Byron lives on not only in
       his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' -
       the persona of a brooding melancholy young man"; [syn:
       {brooding}, {broody}, {contemplative}, {meditative},
       {musing}, {pensive}, {pondering}, {reflective}, {ruminative}]
    n 1: a domestic hen ready to brood [syn: {brood hen}, {broody},
         {broody hen}, {setting hen}, {sitter}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Broody \Brood"y\, a.
   Inclined to brood. --Ray.
   [1913 Webster]