grassy
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English grasy, from Old English *græsiġ, *gærsiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *grasagrōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grasagrōniz, equivalent to grass + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian gäärsich (“grassy”), Dutch grazig (“grassy”), German grasig (“grassy”), Icelandic grösugur (“grassy”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæsi/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æsi
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɑːsi/
- Rhymes: -ɑːsi
Adjective edit
grassy (comparative grassier, superlative grassiest)
- Covered with grass.
- a grassy knoll
- We threw his grassy shorts straight into the washing machine.
- 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 443:
- The track was stony with a grassy camber up the middle.
- Resembling grass.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
covered with grass
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resembling grass
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
grassy (plural grassies)
- (recreational fishing) Alternative form of grassie (“grass carp; white amur”).
- 2014, Shaun Harrison, “Comment section of ‘Handling cold water carp’”, in AnglingLines.com[1], archived from the original on 2015 March 19:
- Grass carp wise the best bit of advice I can give anyone is to ‘make them fight’ in the water. […] These days when a grassy comes to the net if it hasn’t done much I prod it with the net rather than netting them. This usually spooks them into battle.
- 2018, Drew Ross, “Grass Carp: Chasing the Eat”, in FlyLords.com[2], archived from the original on 2020 October 24:
- It had to be the grassy I was here to find.
- 2022, MidwestCarpFisherman, “Glorious 28 pound grassy! New grass carp PR by 10 pounds. Saltillo, Mississippi.”, in Reddit.com[3], archived from the original on 2022 March 21