saltinessn.
/ˈsɒltɪnᵻs/, /ˈsɔːltɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈsɔltinᵻs/, /ˈsɑltinᵻs/ The quality or condition of being salty. Also figurative.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [noun]
wittiness1543
conceitedness1576
wit1578
conceit1593
mercury1653
saltiness1670
bel-esprit1806
1670 W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 69 The last are indued with a saltiness.
c1885 L. Hearn in G. M. Gould Concerning L. Hearn (1908) 89 Have you forgotten the divine saltiness of that unfettered wind?
1934 A. Woollcott While Rome Burns 26 Hansoms have the advantage of semi-privacy, and what their drivers lack in chic they make up in saltiness.
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n.1670- underreact
- underreacted
- underreacting
- underreacts
- underread
- underreader
- underrealizing
- underrealm
- underreamer
- underreaming
- underreceiver
- underreckon
- underrecompense
- underrecord
- underrecorded
- underrecording
- underrecover
- underrecovery
- underreddened
- underregion
- underregistration
- underrehearsal
- underrehearsed
- underrented
- underrenting