grassy

adj

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”).

1. Covered with grass.

   “a grassy knoll”

   “We threw his grassy shorts straight into the washing machine.”

2. Resembling grass.

name

1. A locality on King Island, Tasmania, Australia.

noun

1. 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.”

   “It had to be the grassy I was here to find.”