gressy

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gresie

Etymology

grece (“fat”) +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɛːsiː/

Adjective

gressy

1. (Late Middle English) greasy

Descendants

• English: greasy
• Yola: greezee, grizee

References

• “gresi, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English grasy, equivalent to gress +‎ -y.

Adjective

gressy

1. grassy

References

• “gressy”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.