grassy

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English

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Etymology 1

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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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Adjective

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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.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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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