nutty.

1. Having a flavor or smell resembling nuts.

2. Odd, eccentric, or foolish in a way the speaker finds amusing or unreasonable.

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Words that belong together

• nutty flavor
• nutty aroma

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Browning the butter gave the sauce a nutty aroma.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative nuttier; superlative nuttiest. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.