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Grassy
//ˈɡɹæsi// adj, name, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Covered with grass.
"a grassy knoll"
- 2 Resembling grass.
Adjective
- 1 abounding in grass wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A locality on King Island, Tasmania, Australia.
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of grassie (“grass carp; white amur”). alt-of, alternative
"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."
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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