1. (

• saltiness ,
• coarseness

) language or humor that is down-to-earth; "the saltiness of their language was inappropriate"; "self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre" ;

2. (

• salt ,
• saltiness ,
• salinity

) the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth ;

3. (

• saltiness

) the property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution) ;