chalybeate

[ kuh-lib-ee-it, -eyt ]

adjective

1. containing or impregnated with salts of iron, as a mineral spring or medicine.

noun

1. a chalybeate water, medicine, or the like.

chalybeate

/ kəˈlɪbɪɪt /

adjective

1. containing or impregnated with iron salts

noun

1. any drug containing or tasting of iron

Word History and Origins

Origin of chalybeate¹

1625–35; < New Latin chalybēātus, Latin chalybē ( ïus ) of steel (< Greek chalybēís, equivalent to chalybē-, variant stem of chályps iron + -is adj. suffix) + -ātus -ate ¹; chalybite

Word History and Origins

Origin of chalybeate¹

C17: from New Latin chalybēātus, ultimately from khalups iron

Example Sentences

There are chalybeate springs and a hydropathic establishment in the town.

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Sheep with worms in their liver were seen seeking saline substances, and cattle affected with dropsy anxiously looked for chalybeate waters.

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Farther up the gully there is a chalybeate spring, and the broken fragments of the adjacent rocks are much stained with iron.

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This chalybeate is an excellent tonic for weakly young chickens, and young birds that are disposed to outgrow their strength.

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I took a sip, and found it of the flavour of chalybeate springs.

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