Lacking grass or not covered with grass; barren or bare of vegetation.
Formed from 'grass' (Old English 'gærs') plus the negation suffix '-less' (Old English 'leas' meaning without). A standard English formation for indicating absence.
The '-less' suffix comes from an Old English word that originally meant 'loose' or 'without bonds'—it eventually evolved to mean 'lacking' and has been one of English's most productive negative suffixes for over 1,200 years.
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