CASTANEOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (ka-STAY-nee-uhs)

MEANING: adjective: Deep reddish-brown.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin castanea (chestnut). Earliest documented use: 1688.
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FASTANEOUS - not quite at the same moment, but almost

CASTONEOUS - being the first to blame

CAST A NEVUS - go fishing using skin spots to bait your hook