Saltified

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Having been chemically converted into a salt, or having been made salty through the addition of mineral salts
2. Turned into a salt compound or given a salty character by the introduction of saline material
3. Changed into a mineral salt form or otherwise infused with salinity as a result of a treatment or process

Etymology: "Saltify" is a transparent formation from "salt" and the suffix "-ify," so the history lies mostly in that ending. English took "-ify" through Old French "-fier" from Latin "-ficare," which comes from "facere," meaning "to make" or "to do." "Saltify" therefore means "to make into salt," and "saltified" describes something that has undergone that change. The same pattern appears in "petrify," from Latin "petra," meaning "stone," plus "facere," so "petrify" means "to make into stone." Many English verbs ending in "-ify" were built on this model, attaching a noun to the making-suffix. The adjective "saltified" is the past-participle form, describing the result.

Synonyms: salted, salinized

Antonyms: desalinated