grassy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   abounding in grass

   The word grassy appears in scientific writing with a precise technical sense.

2. 2
   adj

   Covered with grass.

   a grassy knoll

3. 3
   adj

   Resembling grass.

   The word grassy appears in scientific writing with a precise technical sense.

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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