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Etymology

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From chestnut +‎ -y.

Adjective

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chestnutty (comparative more chestnutty, superlative most chestnutty)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a chestnut.
    • 1996, Eliot Wigginton, A foxfire Christmas:
      Being in the shell like that, the salt wouldn't get through that shell enough to spoil them, and they'd have that nice sweet chestnutty taste.