Lexic.us

Definition of Salty

1. Adjective. Engagingly stimulating or provocative. "Salty language"

2. Adjective. Containing or filled with salt. "Salt water"

3. Adjective. One of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water.

Definition of Salty

1. a. Somewhat salt; saltish.

Definition of Salty

1. Adjective. Tasting of salt. ¹

2. Adjective. Containing salt. ¹

3. Adjective. (figuratively) Coarse, provocative, earthy; said of language. ¹

4. Adjective. (figuratively) Experienced, especially used to indicate a veteran of the naval services; salty dog (from salt of the sea). ¹

5. Adjective. (US slang) Irritated, annoyed; from sharp, spicy flavor of salt. ¹

6. Adjective. (linguistics) Pertaining to those dialects of Catalan, spoken in the Balearic Islands and along the coast of Catalonia, that use definitive articles descended from the Latin (term lang=la ipse self) instead of the Latin (term lang=la ille that). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Salty

1. tasting of or containing salt [adj SALTIER, SALTIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salty

salts saltshaker saltshakers saltus saltuses saltweed saltweeds saltwork saltworks saltwort

saltwort family saltworts salty (current term) salty waters salubrinal salubrious salubriously salubriousness salubrities salubrity

salue salued salues salugi saluing salukis

Literary usage of Salty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles and Practice of Butter-making: A Treatise on the Chemical and by George Lewis McKay (1908)
"salty Milk.—The average chemical analysis of salty milk as calculated from results ... salty milk does not occur very often, but whenever it does occur, ..."

2. Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North America by Emmanuel Domenech (1860)
"salty PLAINS. ERRORS OF WRITERS WITH REGARD TO THE GREAT PRAIRIES. DIFFICULTIES OF TRAVELLING. — THE EMIGRANTS' ROAD. — POPULATIONS OF THE PRAIRIES. ..."

3. Principles and Practice of Butter-making: A Treatise on the Chemical and by George Lewis McKay (1908)
"salty Milk.—The average chemical analysis of salty milk as calculated from results ... salty milk does not occur very often, but whenever it does occur, ..."

4. Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North America by Emmanuel Domenech (1860)
"salty PLAINS. ERRORS OF WRITERS WITH REGARD TO THE GREAT PRAIRIES. DIFFICULTIES OF TRAVELLING. — THE EMIGRANTS' ROAD. — POPULATIONS OF THE PRAIRIES. ..."

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