- gærshoppe
- f (-an/-an) grasshopper, locust
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
grasshopper — [gras′häp΄ər] n. [ME grashoppere, extended with er suffix (see ER) < greshoppe < OE gærshoppe < gærs (see GRASS) + base of hoppian (see HOP1)] 1. any of various families (esp. Acrididae) of leaping, plant eating orthopteran insects with… … English World dictionary