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grassy^¹

/ˈɡɹæsi/ US
/ˈɡɹɑːsi/ UK

Rhymes with -æsi, -ɑːsi

Where it comes from

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”).

adjective grassier · grassiest

Covered with grass. a grassy knoll
Resembling grass.

grassy^²

noun grassies

alternative Alternative form of grassie (“grass carp; white amur”). 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.

Grassy^³

proper noun

A locality on King Island, Tasmania, Australia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: grasslike, sedgy, grass-covered, verdant, green, grass, grassland, gramineae, grasses, grass-grown, grassed, sodded, turfy, swardy, pastured, fieldy

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Every language

adj covered with grass

Español	herboso
Português	gramado
Français	herbeux
Deutsch	grasbewachsen
Italiano	erboso
Română	ierbos

adj resembling grass

Deutsch	grasig
Italiano	erbale

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@misc{grassy_2026,
  title = {grassy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grassy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}