chalybeate

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

adjective

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

noun

a chalybeate water, medicine, or the like.

Origin of chalybeate

1625–35; < New Latin chalybēātus, Latin chalybē(ïus) of steel (< Greek chalybēís, equivalent to chalybē-, variant stem of chályps iron + -is adj. suffix) + -ātus -ate¹; see chalybite

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Historical Examples of chalybeate

Superstition has its season as well as sulphur-baths and chalybeate springs.
In the Heart of Vosges
Matilda Betham-Edwards
Hampstead was quite a health resort, with chalybeate springs.
The Tatler, Volume Two
Various
I came here with Eliza to get her some of this chalybeate water.
Old Kensington
Miss Thackeray
I took a sip, and found it of the flavour of chalybeate springs.
The King of Schnorrers
Israel Zangwill
Twenty-one years of Chalybeate (a groan from the back of the room).
The Passionate Elopement
Compton Mackenzie

British Dictionary definitions for chalybeate

chalybeate

adjective

containing or impregnated with iron salts

noun

any drug containing or tasting of iron

Word Origin for chalybeate

C17: from New Latin chalybēātus, ultimately from khalups iron

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chalybeate in Medicine

chalybeate

[kă-lĭb′ē-ĭt]

adj.

Impregnated with or containing iron salts.