grassy

Etymology

From Middle English grasy, equivalent to grass + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian gäärsich (“grassy”), Dutch grazig (“grassy”), German grasig (“grassy”), Icelandic grösugur (“grassy”).

adj

  1. Covered with grass.
    a grassy knoll
    We threw his grassy shorts straight into the washing machine.
    The track was stony with a grassy camber up the middle. 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 443
  2. Resembling grass.

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