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   Sa·li·ent

   /ˈsālyənt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. most noticeable or important: "it succinctly covered all the salient points of the case"
   • ▪ prominent; conspicuous: "it was always the salient object in my view"
   • 2. (of an angle) pointing outward.
   • 3. (of an animal) standing on its hind legs with the forepaws raised, as if leaping.

   noun

   • 1. a piece of land or section of fortification that juts out to form an angle.
   • ▪ an outward bulge in a line of military attack or defense: "this decisive battle broke the Germans' ability to attack any further into the Kursk salient"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (as a heraldic term): from Latin salient- ‘leaping’, from the verb salire. The noun dates from the early 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. saliency noun
   • 2. saliently adverb

   Scrabble Points: 7

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