Having a crackling, crackly, or somewhat rasping texture or sound; somewhat brittle or friable in quality.
From Middle English gras, related to Old English græs (grass), combined with the suffix -y. The term originally described things with a grass-like or brittle texture.
The word evolved from simple descriptions of grass texture to describe anything brittle or harsh-sounding—showing how everyday observation of nature gave us words for abstract qualities.
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