salient (adj) - prominent, important, or noticeable; projecting or pointing outward [sey-lee-uhnt]
BREAKDOWN: SAL- (to leap) + -IENT (state of)
salience is the act, state, or property by which something stands out; prominence or importance (also saliency)
See also: desultory, Fighting Words
“A diary need not be a dreary chronicle of one's movements; it should aim rather at giving salient accounts of some particular episode, a walk, a book, a conversation.” —A. C. Benson
