English Explanatory Dictionary

salty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Tasting of salt.
  2. Containing salt.
  3. Coarse; provocative; earthy.
  4. Experienced, especially used to indicate a veteran of the naval services; salty dog (from salt of the sea).
  5. Irritated, annoyed, angry, bitter.
  6. 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”).

Pronunciation

/ˈsɒlti/ /ˈsɔːlti/ /ˈsɔlti/ /sɑlti/ ˈsɔlte/ En-au-salty.ogg

Word forms

salty saltier saltiest

Etymology

PIE word *sḗh₂l From Middle English salti, equivalent to salt + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian soaltig (“salty”), West Frisian sâltich (“salty”), Dutch zoutig (“salty”), German Low German soltig (“salty”), German salzig (“salty”). (coarse; irritated, annoyed): Referencing the sharp, 'spicy' flavor of salt. (indignant): Perhaps implying the person is a crybaby, shedding salty tears, or derived from the preceding.

Synonyms

haline saline salt salty

Antonyms

nonsaline nonsalt nonsalty unsalty

Related words

sea-salty saltiness

Derived words

nonsalty oversalty saltyish supersalty unsalty jump salty salty tooth saltily saltiness salty licorice salty liquorice salty dog
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