Definition of SALTY

salty

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • engagingly stimulating or provocative
    • "salty language"
  • one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water

Adjective

  • containing or filled with salt

Adj

  • Tasting of salt.
  • Containing salt.
  • Coarse; provocative; earthy.
  • Experienced, especially used to indicate a veteran of the naval services; salty dog (from salt of the sea).
  • Irritated, annoyed, angry, bitter, bitchy.
  • 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”).

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*séh₂ls
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, piquant, saline, salt, salty

Scrabble Score: 8

salty is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
salty is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
salty is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

salty is a valid Words With Friends word