saltnessEtymologyFrom Middle English saltenesse, saltnesse, from Old English sealtnes (“saltness”), equivalent to salt + -ness.saltness means The state or quality of being salt; saltiness. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounThe state or quality of being salt; saltiness.“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.”