grassy

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

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

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

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.