salty

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Tasting of salt.

   The soup was too salty, so I added more water.

2. 2
   adj

   Containing salt.

   You can't drink salty seawater.

3. 3
   adj

   Annoyed, bitter, or upset, often about something minor.

   He got salty after losing the game by one point.

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.

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