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saltish

[sawl-tish]

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adjective

somewhat salty.

Origin of saltish

First recorded in 1470–80; salt¹ + -ish¹

Related formssalt·ish·ly, adverbsalt·ish·ness, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for saltish

saline, alkaline, pungent, briny, sour, salted, acrid, brackish, salt, saliferous, salty

Examples from the Web for saltish

Historical Examples of saltish

It was found to be saltish to the taste, and to dissolve readily in water.
The Book of the Damned
Charles Fort
It is limpid, like water, of a saltish taste, and without odor.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy
Catherine Esther Beecher
Its taste is saltish, with a degree of roughness and astringency.
Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed.
Pierre Joseph Macquer
Saltish this water may be, but nine-tenths of it is honest rain from heaven.'
Foe-Farrell
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
The saltish atmosphere is left behind, and the air tings with the sweetness of mountain and lake.
Alaska
Ella Higginson