chalybeate

American  

[kuh-lib-ee-it, -eyt] / kəˈlɪb i ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

adjective

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

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noun

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

chalybeate British  

/ kəˈlɪbɪɪt /

adjective

1. containing or impregnated with iron salts

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noun

1. any drug containing or tasting of iron

Etymology

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 -ate ¹; see chalybite

Example Sentences

The village is also remarkable for a chalybeate well that was formerly much attended. 

From A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire by Barber, J. T.

Its chalybeate springs annually attract a large number of visitors, and the pump-room, baths and public grounds are arranged on a sumptuous scale.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

There are several mineral springs in the county, some of them chalybeate, others sulphurous.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

Waters thus named owe their properties to iron in combination generally with carbonic acid; and as the latter is usually in excess, they are often acidulous as well as chalybeate.

From Memoranda on Tours and Touraine Including remarks on the climate with a sketch of the Botany And Geology of the Province also on the Wines and Mineral Waters of France by Holdsworth, J. H.

The waters of most of these springs are chalybeate, with a large proportion of sulphuric acid combined with the iron.

From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt