Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SALTY
salty
(adjective) containing or filled with salt; “salt water”
piquant, salty
(adjective) engagingly stimulating or provocative; “a piquant wit”; “salty language”
salty
(adjective) one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea water
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
salty (comparative saltier, superlative saltiest)
Tasting of salt.
Containing salt.
(figuratively) Coarse, provocative, earthy; said of language.
(figuratively) Experienced, especially used to indicate a veteran of the naval services; salty dog (from salt of the sea).
(US slang, dated) Irritated, annoyed (from the sharp, spicy flavor of salt).
(internet slang, derogatory) Indignant or offended due to over-sensitivity, humourlessness, disappointment, or defeat (implying the person is a crybaby, shedding salty tears); said of interlocutors expressing indignation, or merely disagreement.
(linguistics) Pertaining to the Sardinian language and those dialects of Catalan, spoken in the Balearic Islands and along the coast of Catalonia, that use definitive articles descended from the Latin ipse (“self”) instead of the Latin ille (“that”).
Coordinate terms
• (irritated attitude): saltyback, sassy
Anagrams
• Styal, slaty
Source: Wiktionary
Salt"y, a.
Definition: Somewhat salt; saltish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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