Relating to or of the nature of salt; saline or salty.
Derived from Latin 'salinus' (salty) and Greek 'hals' (salt), with the suffix '-ous' meaning full of or characterized by. This learned adjective appears in scientific literature describing salt-containing substances.
English has multiple ways to say 'salty'—'saline,' 'salty,' 'halimous,' and 'halinous'—and scientists prefer the Greek-rooted versions because they sound more technical and distinguish scientific salt-talk from everyday language.
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