grassy
adjUS /ˈɡɹæsi/ · UK /ˈɡɹɑːsi/
Etymology 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”).
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Covered with grass.
- a grassy knoll
- We threw his grassy shorts straight into the washing machine.
2 more examples
- However, spider enthusiasts sometimes flock to the grassy region in hopes of spotting a tarantula or capturing one to keep as a pet.2019 August 9, Dylan Miettinen, “Is that love in the air? Thousands of tarantulas to descend on southeast Colorado in search of mates”, in CNN:
- The track was stony with a grassy camber up the middle.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 443:
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Resembling grass.
- Derived terms
- grassily, grassiness, grassy arse, grassy ass, Grassy Head, nongrassy, sugarcane grassy shoot disease, ungrassy