grassyadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡrɑːsi/,

/ˈɡrasi/, U.S.

/ˈɡræsi/

Forms: see grass n.¹ and -y suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grass n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < grass n.¹ + -y suffix¹.Compare Middle Dutch grāsich (Dutch grazig), Old High German grasag, graseg (Middle High German grasec, German grasig), Old Icelandic grǫsugr, all in the sense ‘covered with grass, abounding in grass’.

1. Of ground, an area, etc.: covered with grass; having much grass.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [adjective] > full of or abounding in herbaceous plants > of or relating to grass > grassy

grassy?1440

grassed?1573

foggy1587

herbid1657

graminous1659

graminiferous1834

overgrassed1983

tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) vii. l. 52 (MED) In grasy [L. herbosis] cold lond, vynes rootes may Ek now be wrie.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. xi. 76 The speir onon..Furth of the gresy sward he hes vptane.

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. June 6 The grassye ground with daintye Daysies dight.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 391 Rais'd of grassie terf Thir Table was.

1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey I. iii. 535 Lead A well-fed bullock from the grassy mead.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. i. 7 The sun was setting upon one of the rich grassy glades of that forest.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 11 A narrow vale, that lay, Grassy and soft betwixt the pine-woods bound.

1954 M. Beresford Lost Villages Eng. vii. 245 The grassy Shires, the counties of the Leicester Sheep and the Pytchley Hunt.

2018 Guardian (Nexis) 6 Mar. One could hear the cuckoo and the skylark and the whirr of grasshoppers from any grassy bank.

a. Resembling, similar to, or suggestive of grass, esp. in colour or appearance; like that of grass.See also grassy green adj. and n.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > grass green

grass greeneOE

grassy1567

grassy green1567

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [adjective] > full of or abounding in herbaceous plants > of or relating to grass > resembling grass

grassy1668

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 22^v The Topaze, as Plinie sayth, is a Gem of grassie colour.

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 98 Hatchet vetch..being long and slender, of grassy leaves.

1787 D. Turner Ess. Important Subj. II. App. 242 In due Time it [sc. a Grain of Corn] springs up into a Blade of grassy Appearance, very different from the Body sown.

1807 J. E. Smith Introd. Physiol. & Systematical Bot. 474 The great genus of Carex..and some other grassy plants, are found here.

1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. liii. 87 The wearied eye Reposes gladly on as smooth a vale As ever Spring yclad in grassy dye.

1906 Kimball's Dairy Farmer 15 Apr. 2/3 The pastures and meadows are showing a grassy tint mixed with the brown.

1980 B. S. Shapiro in Painterly Print 120 Pissarro..dabbed at the pigments with a rag to effect grassy textures.

2008 Sport Diver Apr. 64/1 A breeze silences us for a moment as we watch it carve a river through the grassy stalks of the sugar cane.

b. spec. Of a taste or smell: reminiscent of that of grass. Also: having a taste or smell of this kind.

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1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. 724 The root is hard, blacke, and creeping,..hauing a certaine grassie but not vnpleasant smell.

1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant II. vi. 186 The Flower has no Smell: The Leaves have a grassy Taste agreeable enough.

1865 S. Sutro Lect. German Mineral Waters (ed. 2) App. 311 After a few days' rain the whey tastes grassy and gluey, whilst in fine weather it exhibits a sweet aromatic taste.

1931 H. Crane Let. 11 Sept. (1965) 379 A marvelous stillness and grassy perfume pervade the district.

1991 Decanter Mar. 83/1 The Chalk Hill Sauvignon Blanc is best captured young for its crisp, fresh, grassy aroma, with more than a strong hint of lychees, and an appealing herbaceousness.

2013 Bon Appétit Aug. 16/2 The milky mozzarella juices mingled with the grassy olive oil.

3. Of the nature of grass; made from, consisting of, or containing grass.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [adjective] > full of or abounding in herbaceous plants > of or relating to grass

grassy1590

graminosous1623

gramineal1658

gramineous1658

graminose1727

graminous1769

graminaceous1847

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vii. 92 By his side his steed the grassy forage ate.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 21 The thirsty Cattle, of themselves, abstain'd From Water, and their grassy Fare disdain'd [L. nec graminis attigit herbam].

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Gramineus The Grassy Crown was but rarely confer'd; and for some signal Exploit.

1752 F. Fawkes Descr. May 96 As fast as cattle the long summer's day Had cropt the grassy sustenance away.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 84 Big drops bow the grassy stems.

1888 Rice (Louisiana Sugar Exper. Station Bull. No. 15) 5 But this kind of cultivation is too expensive for the large planter, and his only resource, if caught with a grassy crop, is to scythe everything, and trust to the rapid growth of the rice, to smother out its slower growing rivals.

1927 H. Waddell Wandering Scholars iv. 90 For seven days he painfully Endured a grassy diet, The eighth, his famine drove him home, He can no more abye it.

1948 Jrnl. Mammol. 29 76 Three tiny live young..were replaced in the grassy nest constructed by the parent.

2018 Haida Gwaii (British Columbia) (Nexis) 9 Jan. Although we hadn't found a wren all morning, 14 appeared in the afternoon from their grassy shelters in the meadow.

Compounds

C1. Forming parasynthetic adjectives, as grassy-flavoured, grassy-leaved, etc.

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1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Wall-Moss The red-stalked, transparent, grassy-leaved Bryum.

1804 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds II. 300 On whose grassy-margined pools they feed.

1894 Cultivator & Country Gentleman 17 May 395/4 Grassy-flavored butter is now coming in.

a1930 D. H. Lawrence Etruscan Places (1932) 29 The soft, grassy-mounded tombs.

1979 M. De Vries & E. Weber Body & Beauty Secrets of Superbeauties 55 The old-fashioned grassy-scented henna mud pack is still the best thing you can put on your hair.

2005 E. Adler House in Amalfi i. 4 My new neighborhood was far from glamorous... It was certainly light-years from the grassy-lawned suburban street I had called home for most of my short life.

C2. Forming complementary adjectives, as grassy-looking, grassy-tasting, etc.

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1832 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 15 Sept. 258/2 That retired, quiet, grassy looking green retreat, which..seems destined for the evening walk.

1893 Victorian Naturalist May 3 Sweeping the net through a mass of grassy-looking vegetation landed some young specimens of Actinozoa.

1920 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. 7 42 Large, dirty, grassy-smelling lacerated area over right occipital region; brain extruding.

1978 Agric. Res. (U.S. Dept. Agric.) Feb. 13/3 Primary shoot infection of a very susceptible variety may result in a stunted, grassy-appearing stool with many smut whips and no millable stalks.

2002 Nat. Health Oct. 79 (caption) This grassy-tasting South American herb is loaded with stress-fighting B vitamins.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grassy
释义	grassyadj. Brit. /ˈɡrɑːsi/, /ˈɡrasi/, U.S. /ˈɡræsi/ Forms: see grass n.¹ and -y suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grass n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < grass n.¹ + -y suffix¹.Compare Middle Dutch grāsich (Dutch grazig), Old High German grasag, graseg (Middle High German grasec, German grasig), Old Icelandic grǫsugr, all in the sense ‘covered with grass, abounding in grass’. 1. Of ground, an area, etc.: covered with grass; having much grass. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [adjective] > full of or abounding in herbaceous plants > of or relating to grass > grassy grassy?1440 grassed?1573 foggy1587 herbid1657 graminous1659 graminiferous1834 overgrassed1983 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) vii. l. 52 (MED) In grasy [L. herbosis] cold lond, vynes rootes may Ek now be wrie. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. xi. 76 The speir onon..Furth of the gresy sward he hes vptane. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. June 6 The grassye ground with daintye Daysies dight. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 391 Rais'd of grassie terf Thir Table was. View more context for this quotation 1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey I. iii. 535 Lead A well-fed bullock from the grassy mead. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. i. 7 The sun was setting upon one of the rich grassy glades of that forest. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 11 A narrow vale, that lay, Grassy and soft betwixt the pine-woods bound. 1954 M. Beresford Lost Villages Eng. vii. 245 The grassy Shires, the counties of the Leicester Sheep and the Pytchley Hunt. 2018 Guardian (Nexis) 6 Mar. One could hear the cuckoo and the skylark and the whirr of grasshoppers from any grassy bank. 2. a. Resembling, similar to, or suggestive of grass, esp. in colour or appearance; like that of grass.See also grassy green adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > grass green grass greeneOE grassy1567 grassy green1567 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [adjective] > full of or abounding in herbaceous plants > of or relating to grass > resembling grass grassy1668 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 22^v The Topaze, as Plinie sayth, is a Gem of grassie colour. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 98 Hatchet vetch..being long and slender, of grassy leaves. 1787 D. Turner Ess. Important Subj. II. App. 242 In due Time it [sc. a Grain of Corn] springs up into a Blade of grassy Appearance, very different from the Body sown. 1807 J. E. Smith Introd. Physiol. & Systematical Bot. 474 The great genus of Carex..and some other grassy plants, are found here. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. liii. 87 The wearied eye Reposes gladly on as smooth a vale As ever Spring yclad in grassy dye. 1906 Kimball's Dairy Farmer 15 Apr. 2/3 The pastures and meadows are showing a grassy tint mixed with the brown. 1980 B. S. Shapiro in Painterly Print 120 Pissarro..dabbed at the pigments with a rag to effect grassy textures. 2008 Sport Diver Apr. 64/1 A breeze silences us for a moment as we watch it carve a river through the grassy stalks of the sugar cane. b. spec. Of a taste or smell: reminiscent of that of grass. Also: having a taste or smell of this kind. ΚΠ 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. 724 The root is hard, blacke, and creeping,..hauing a certaine grassie but not vnpleasant smell. 1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant II. vi. 186 The Flower has no Smell: The Leaves have a grassy Taste agreeable enough. 1865 S. Sutro Lect. German Mineral Waters (ed. 2) App. 311 After a few days' rain the whey tastes grassy and gluey, whilst in fine weather it exhibits a sweet aromatic taste. 1931 H. Crane Let. 11 Sept. (1965) 379 A marvelous stillness and grassy perfume pervade the district. 1991 Decanter Mar. 83/1 The Chalk Hill Sauvignon Blanc is best captured young for its crisp, fresh, grassy aroma, with more than a strong hint of lychees, and an appealing herbaceousness. 2013 Bon Appétit Aug. 16/2 The milky mozzarella juices mingled with the grassy olive oil. 3. Of the nature of grass; made from, consisting of, or containing grass. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > herb or herbaceous plant > [adjective] > full of or abounding in herbaceous plants > of or relating to grass grassy1590 graminosous1623 gramineal1658 gramineous1658 graminose1727 graminous1769 graminaceous1847 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vii. 92 By his side his steed the grassy forage ate. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 21 The thirsty Cattle, of themselves, abstain'd From Water, and their grassy Fare disdain'd [L. nec graminis attigit herbam]. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Gramineus The Grassy Crown was but rarely confer'd; and for some signal Exploit. 1752 F. Fawkes Descr. May 96 As fast as cattle the long summer's day Had cropt the grassy sustenance away. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 84 Big drops bow the grassy stems. 1888 Rice (Louisiana Sugar Exper. Station Bull. No. 15) 5 But this kind of cultivation is too expensive for the large planter, and his only resource, if caught with a grassy crop, is to scythe everything, and trust to the rapid growth of the rice, to smother out its slower growing rivals. 1927 H. Waddell Wandering Scholars iv. 90 For seven days he painfully Endured a grassy diet, The eighth, his famine drove him home, He can no more abye it. 1948 Jrnl. Mammol. 29 76 Three tiny live young..were replaced in the grassy nest constructed by the parent. 2018 Haida Gwaii (British Columbia) (Nexis) 9 Jan. Although we hadn't found a wren all morning, 14 appeared in the afternoon from their grassy shelters in the meadow. Compounds C1. Forming parasynthetic adjectives, as grassy-flavoured, grassy-leaved, etc. ΚΠ 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Wall-Moss The red-stalked, transparent, grassy-leaved Bryum. 1804 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds II. 300 On whose grassy-margined pools they feed. 1894 Cultivator & Country Gentleman 17 May 395/4 Grassy-flavored butter is now coming in. a1930 D. H. Lawrence Etruscan Places (1932) 29 The soft, grassy-mounded tombs. 1979 M. De Vries & E. Weber Body & Beauty Secrets of Superbeauties 55 The old-fashioned grassy-scented henna mud pack is still the best thing you can put on your hair. 2005 E. Adler House in Amalfi i. 4 My new neighborhood was far from glamorous... It was certainly light-years from the grassy-lawned suburban street I had called home for most of my short life. C2. Forming complementary adjectives, as grassy-looking, grassy-tasting, etc. ΚΠ 1832 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 15 Sept. 258/2 That retired, quiet, grassy looking green retreat, which..seems destined for the evening walk. 1893 Victorian Naturalist May 3 Sweeping the net through a mass of grassy-looking vegetation landed some young specimens of Actinozoa. 1920 Brit. Jrnl. Surg. 7 42 Large, dirty, grassy-smelling lacerated area over right occipital region; brain extruding. 1978 Agric. Res. (U.S. Dept. Agric.) Feb. 13/3 Primary shoot infection of a very susceptible variety may result in a stunted, grassy-appearing stool with many smut whips and no millable stalks. 2002 Nat. Health Oct. 79 (caption) This grassy-tasting South American herb is loaded with stress-fighting B vitamins. 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