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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being brackish; saltness in a slight degree.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being brackish, or somewhat salt.

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  • noun distastefulness; unpleasantness

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the quality of being salty, as the saltiness of water

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brackish +‎ -ness

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