briny

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun any very large body of (salt) water
adjective slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water)

From brine + -y.

Full thirty ships transport the chosen train For Troy’s relief, and scour the briny main. — The Aeneid, Virgil
Oh, what a sight is this same briny source, Unknown before, through all my labors' course! — Cicero's Tusculan Disputations: Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth, Marcus Tullius Cicero
Wash’d by the briny wave, the pious train[59] Are cleansed; and cast the ablutions in the main. — The Iliad, Homer

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