saltish

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They sipped on their saltish Kashmiri pink tea a little longer instead of starting on the buffet their host had set out.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2017

The termination ish added to adjectives, expresses a slight degree of quality below the comparative; as, black, blackish; salt, saltish.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel

It has a saltish taste according to the accurate Baron Haller, not unlike the whey of milk, which it even resembles in smell.

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

At the depth of 1,222 feet the water became saltish, then sulphury.

From Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology by Clarke, James Freeman

The saltish old fellow chuckled deep in his hairy throat.

From The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward by Hill, Grace Brooks