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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-861/
- Published: 2022-06-08T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-04-07T18:24:42.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

The word for today is…

salient (adjective, noun):

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salient?ref=goodoil.news)

*adjective*  
1 : moving by leaps or springs : jumping  
2 : jetting upward – a salient fountain  
3a : projecting beyond a line, surface, or level  
 b : standing out conspicuously

*noun*  
: something (such as a promontory) that projects outward or upward from its surroundings

Etymology : Salient first popped up in English as a word referring to the act of leaping. It is from the Latin verb salire, which means “to leap.” Today, salient is usually used to describe things that “leap out,” such as the salient features of a painting or the salient points in an argument.

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