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1. Language or humour that is down-to-earth
   "the saltiness of their language was inappropriate"; "self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre"
   - coarseness
    
2. The taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
   - salt, salinity
    
3. The property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution)

Derived forms: saltinesses

See also: salty

Type of: expressive style, gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, property, style, taste, taste perception, taste sensation

Encyclopedia: Saltiness