salty
English
/ˈsɒl.ti/
adj
Definitions
- Tasting of salt.
- Containing salt.
- (figuratively) Coarse, provocative, earthy; said of language.
- (figuratively) Experienced, especially used to indicate a veteran of the naval services; salty dog (from salt of the sea).
- (US) Irritated, annoyed (from the sharp, spicy flavor of salt).
- (internet slang) Indignant or offended due to over-sensitivity, humourlessness, disappointment, or defeat (implying the person is a crybaby, shedding salty tears); said of interlocutors expressing indignation, or merely disagreement.
- (linguistics) Pertaining to the Sardinian language and those dialects of Catalan, spoken in the Balearic Islands and along the coast of Catalonia, that use definitive articles descended from the Latin ipse (self) instead of the Latin ille (that).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English salti suffix from English salt.
Origin
English
salt
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antisalt English
- bisalt English
- blacksalter English
- desalt English
- hydrosalt English
- nonsalt English
- nonsalty English
- oversalt English
- oversaltiness English
- oversalty English
- oxysalt English
- persalt English
- polysalt English
- protosalt English
- resalt English
- salt English
- salt beef English
- salt-free English
- saltbox English
- saltbush English
- saltcat English
- salten English
- salter English
- saltery English
- salteth English
- saltfish English
- saltfoot English
- saltfree English
- saltgrass English
- saltie English
- saltily English
- saltine English
- saltiness English
- saltish English
- saltless English
- saltlike English
- saltly English
- saltmaker English
- saltmaking English
- saltmouth English
- saltness English
- saltproof English
- saltspoon English
- saltwater English
- saltweed English
- saltwork English
- saltworks English
- saltwort English
- saltyish English
- sesquisalt English
- subsalt English
- sulfosalt English
- sulphosalt English
- supersalt English
- supersalty English
- undersalt English
- unsalty English
- Salz German
- salzig German
- salt Middle English
- salti Middle English
- jo̧o̧ļ Marshallese
- *saltich Old Frisian
- Soalt Saterland Frisian
- soaltich Saterland Frisian
- saltchuck Chinook Jargon
- sohl Kosraean
- č̕aʔak Nootka
- salt
- salter
- desalt
- resalt
- saltie
- saltly
- bisalt
- salten
- salteth
- unsalty
- saltery
- saltily
- persalt
- saltcat
- oxysalt
- saltish
- nonsalt
- subsalt
- saltine
- saltbox
- saltfree
- antisalt
- saltless
- saltwort
- polysalt
- oversalt
- saltness
- saltwork
- saltfish
- saltyish
- saltweed
- nonsalty
- saltlike
- saltbush
- saltfoot
- sulfosalt
- hydrosalt
- saltiness
- salt-free
- protosalt
- oversalty
- saltmaker
- supersalt
- saltgrass
- saltspoon
- saltworks
- saltmouth
- salt beef
- saltwater
- saltproof
- undersalt
- supersalty
- sulphosalt
- saltmaking
- sesquisalt
- blacksalter
- oversaltiness