English edit

Etymology edit

chestnut +‎ -y

Adjective edit

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.