Meanings
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1
adj
abounding in grass
The word grassy appears in scientific writing with a precise technical sense.
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2
adj
Covered with grass.
a grassy knoll
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3
adj
Resembling grass.
The word grassy appears in scientific writing with a precise technical sense.
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Word family
Derived forms
grassilygrassinessnongrassyungrassy
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”).