grass greenadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌɡrɑːs ˈɡriːn/,

/ˌɡras ˈɡriːn/, U.S.

/ˌɡræs ˈɡrin/

Forms: see grass n.¹ and green adj. and n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grass n.¹, green adj.

Etymology: < grass n.¹ + green adj.Compare Middle Dutch grāsgroene (Dutch grasgroen), Middle High German grasgrüene (German grasgrün), Old Icelandic grasgrønn.

A. adj. Usually hyphenated.

1. Of a bright or strong green colour resembling that of grass. Cf. grassy green adj.In quots. eOE, OE translating forms of classical Latin carbasinus made of linen, which occurs in the sense ‘green’ in glossarial sources (apparently originally in connection with the interpretation of the attestation of the word in the Vulgate in Esther 6:1), perhaps influenced in sense by classical Latin prasinus prasine adj.

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

grass greeneOE

grassy1567

grassy green1567

eOE Erfurt Gloss. (1974) 17 Carpassini, gręsgroeni [altered from gręs groni].

OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 53 Carbasini, gærsgrene.

c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 299 Mercurye he made gres-grene.

a1593 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta (1633) i. B 2 Iacints, hard Topas, grasse-greene Emeraulds.

1651 J. French Art Distillation vi. 193 There will remaine..a grasse-green Liquor.

1791 World 28 June A grass green coat, with three large buttons on the arm.

1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 424 Oxide of nickel is employed to give colours to enamels and porcelain; in different mixtures it produces brown red, and grass green tints.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Sir Launcelot & Queen Guinevere in Poems (new ed.) II. 207 A gown of grass-green silk she wore.

1930 Daily Mail 6 June 15/4 Grass-green linen, or a silk and cotton mixture, would make a useful warm-day walking dress.

2018 Telegraph (Nexis) 21 Feb. (Food & Drink section) 1 Last March I made a smooth soup from stinging-nettle heads, bright grass-green and delicious.

2. Green with grass.

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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [adjective] > used as meadow

grass green1594

meadoweda1650

1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia iv. sig. H O beautious Tyber, with thine easie streames, That glide as smothly as a Parthian shaft; Turne not thy crispie tydes like siluer curle, Backe to thy grass-greene bancks to welcom vs.

1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 31 At his head a grasse greene turffe.

1748 W. Shenstone School-mistress xxxi, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (ed. 2) I. 259 When my bones in grass-green sods are laid.

1767 F. Fawkes tr. Theocritus Idylliums xiii. 32 And grass-green meads pronounc'd the summer near.

1830 Ld. Tennyson Circumstance 6 Two graves grass-green beside a gray church-tower.

1896 K. P. Wormeley tr. H. de Balzac Lily of Valley (1904) 26 Love..was there, expressed to me by that long ribbon of water flowing in the sunshine between the grass-green banks.

1929 E. A. Powell Last Home of Myst. xi. 234 Far, far below us spread the valley, grass-green, grain-yellow, beneath the Asian sun.

2017 Irish Times (Nexis) 19 Aug. 6 The scenery is beyond painterly; deep purples and slate blues of the mountains bleed into multiple shades from grass-green fields to wheaten mown meadows.

B. n.

A bright or strong green colour resembling that of grass. Cf. grassy green n.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > grass green

grass greena1350

grassy green1623

a1350 Recipe Painting in Archæol. Jrnl. (1844) 1 65 Vorte make grasgrene. Tac verdigres ant grynt hit, [etc.].

c1500 (?a1475) St. Margaret (Ashm.) l. 304 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 238 Sche..saw a dragone..That was of colour as grasse grene [c1475 Brome gres grene].

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 83 All sorts of yellows, with their shadowes intermixt with grass greens.

1697 S. Patrick Comm. Exod. (xxviii. 17) 542 The Colour of it is a Grass-green; wonderfully refreshing.

1792 C. Smith Desmond III. 120 Lined with sky blue, or grass green.

1843 J. E. Portlock Rep. Geol. Londonderry 513 A..light oil-green colour, occasionally grass-green, and passing into bottle-green.

1950 Pop. Mech. Feb. 97/1 If you are a farmer, you prefer a great many colors other than grass green, but if you work in a steel mill, grass green likely is one of your favorites.

2016 Evening Standard (Nexis) 24 Mar. 64 Designed by British Standard in the brand's winning combination of crisp whites and grass greens.

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

单词	grass green
释义	grass greenadj.n. Brit. /ˌɡrɑːs ˈɡriːn/, /ˌɡras ˈɡriːn/, U.S. /ˌɡræs ˈɡrin/ Forms: see grass n.¹ and green adj. and n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grass n.¹, green adj. Etymology: < grass n.¹ + green adj.Compare Middle Dutch grāsgroene (Dutch grasgroen), Middle High German grasgrüene (German grasgrün), Old Icelandic grasgrønn. A. adj. Usually hyphenated. 1. Of a bright or strong green colour resembling that of grass. Cf. grassy green adj.In quots. eOE, OE translating forms of classical Latin carbasinus made of linen, which occurs in the sense ‘green’ in glossarial sources (apparently originally in connection with the interpretation of the attestation of the word in the Vulgate in Esther 6:1), perhaps influenced in sense by classical Latin prasinus prasine adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adjective] > grass green grass greeneOE grassy1567 grassy green1567 eOE Erfurt Gloss. (1974) 17 Carpassini, gręsgroeni [altered from gręs groni]. OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 53 Carbasini, gærsgrene. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 299 Mercurye he made gres-grene. a1593 C. Marlowe Jew of Malta (1633) i. B 2 Iacints, hard Topas, grasse-greene Emeraulds. 1651 J. French Art Distillation vi. 193 There will remaine..a grasse-green Liquor. 1791 World 28 June A grass green coat, with three large buttons on the arm. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 424 Oxide of nickel is employed to give colours to enamels and porcelain; in different mixtures it produces brown red, and grass green tints. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Sir Launcelot & Queen Guinevere in Poems (new ed.) II. 207 A gown of grass-green silk she wore. 1930 Daily Mail 6 June 15/4 Grass-green linen, or a silk and cotton mixture, would make a useful warm-day walking dress. 2018 Telegraph (Nexis) 21 Feb. (Food & Drink section) 1 Last March I made a smooth soup from stinging-nettle heads, bright grass-green and delicious. 2. Green with grass. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [adjective] > used as meadow grass green1594 meadoweda1650 1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia iv. sig. H O beautious Tyber, with thine easie streames, That glide as smothly as a Parthian shaft; Turne not thy crispie tydes like siluer curle, Backe to thy grass-greene bancks to welcom vs. 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 31 At his head a grasse greene turffe. 1748 W. Shenstone School-mistress xxxi, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (ed. 2) I. 259 When my bones in grass-green sods are laid. 1767 F. Fawkes tr. Theocritus Idylliums xiii. 32 And grass-green meads pronounc'd the summer near. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Circumstance 6 Two graves grass-green beside a gray church-tower. 1896 K. P. Wormeley tr. H. de Balzac Lily of Valley (1904) 26 Love..was there, expressed to me by that long ribbon of water flowing in the sunshine between the grass-green banks. 1929 E. A. Powell Last Home of Myst. xi. 234 Far, far below us spread the valley, grass-green, grain-yellow, beneath the Asian sun. 2017 Irish Times (Nexis) 19 Aug. 6 The scenery is beyond painterly; deep purples and slate blues of the mountains bleed into multiple shades from grass-green fields to wheaten mown meadows. B. n. A bright or strong green colour resembling that of grass. Cf. grassy green n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [noun] > shade or tint of green > grass green grass greena1350 grassy green1623 a1350 Recipe Painting in Archæol. Jrnl. (1844) 1 65 Vorte make grasgrene. Tac verdigres ant grynt hit, [etc.]. c1500 (?a1475) St. Margaret (Ashm.) l. 304 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 238 Sche..saw a dragone..That was of colour as grasse grene [c1475 Brome gres grene]. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 83 All sorts of yellows, with their shadowes intermixt with grass greens. 1697 S. Patrick Comm. Exod. (xxviii. 17) 542 The Colour of it is a Grass-green; wonderfully refreshing. 1792 C. Smith Desmond III. 120 Lined with sky blue, or grass green. 1843 J. E. Portlock Rep. Geol. Londonderry 513 A..light oil-green colour, occasionally grass-green, and passing into bottle-green. 1950 Pop. Mech. Feb. 97/1 If you are a farmer, you prefer a great many colors other than grass green, but if you work in a steel mill, grass green likely is one of your favorites. 2016 Evening Standard (Nexis) 24 Mar. 64 Designed by British Standard in the brand's winning combination of crisp whites and grass greens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.eOE
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