chestnuttyadj.
/ˈtʃɛsnʌti/ a. Resembling the colour of a chestnut.
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nut-browna1400
hazeled1548
nut-brown1575
hazel1580
nut-brown1586
chestnut-coloured1636
chestnut1656
chestnut-brown1656
castaneous1688
nutty brown1839
chestnutty1893
nutmeg1965
1893 Strand Mag. Nov. 537/1 His [eyes] are chestnutty brown.
b. Of the nature of a chestnut (chestnut n. 6); old and well-known; frequently repeated. Originally U.S.
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1884 Detroit Free Press 14 May 2/1 Excitement about it soon dies away, and references to it are regarded as chestnutty in the press and the pulpit.
1906 Daily Chron. 12 Nov. 4/4 The story, slightly chestnutty in its flavour, of the theatre manager.
1908 Daily Chron. 19 May 3/1 There are tales of Sydney Smith, mostly, it must be said, of a chestnutty flavour.
1963 Punch 25 Dec. 934/1 Old chestnutty films.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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adj.1884