grassy

English

Etymology 1

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæsi/

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  • Rhymes: -æsi
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɑːsi/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːsi

Adjective

grassy (comparative grassier, superlative grassiest)

1. 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.

2. Resembling grass.

Derived terms

• grassily
• grassiness
• grassy arse
• grassy ass
• nongrassy
• sugarcane grassy shoot disease

Translations

covered with grass

• Aromanian: irbos
• Bulgarian: тревист (trevist), покрит с трева (pokrit s treva)
• Catalan: herbaci (ca)
• Finnish: ruohoinen
• French: herbeux (fr) m
• Friulian: jerbôs
• German: grasbewachsen (de)
• Icelandic: grösugur
• Ilocano: naruot
• Indonesian: berumput (id)
• Irish: féarúil
• Italian: erboso (it)
• Kapampangan: marikut
• Latin: grāmineus, herbosus
• Malay: berumput
• Plautdietsch: graussich
• Portuguese: gramado
• Romanian: ierbos (ro)
• Sicilian: ervusu
• Spanish: herboso (es)
• Tagalog: madamo, matalahib
• Ukrainian: трав'янистий (travʺjanystyj)

resembling grass

• Finnish: ruohomainen
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} féarúil
• Italian: erbale (literary)

Etymology 2

Noun

grassy (plural grassies)

1. (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