gressehopper

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gras hoppere, grashoppere, gras-hoppere, grashoppyr, greshopper, grashopper

Etymology

From grashope, remodelled with the addition of the suffix -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɛshɔpər/, /ˈɡrashɔpər/

Noun

gressehopper (plural gressehoppers)

1. grasshopper, cicada
2. (rare) Something else which leaps in the grass.

Descendants

• English: grasshopper

References

• “gras-hoppere, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 14 May 2018.