Saltness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state or quality of being salt; saltiness. uncountable
"Your lordship, though not clean past your youth, hath yet some of age in you, some relish of the saltness of time; and I humbly beseech your lordship to have a reverend care of your health."
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More examples"Your lordship, though not clean past your youth, hath yet some of age in you, some relish of the saltness of time; and I humbly beseech your lordship to have a reverend care of your health."
Etymology
From Middle English saltenesse, saltnesse, from Old English sealtnes (“saltness”), equivalent to salt + -ness.