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.

Nearby words

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for chalybeate

Chalybeate to him was a sort of Jacobite liquor which was slowly supplanting the honest Esau ale.
The Passionate Elopement|Compton Mackenzie
The waters of most of these springs are chalybeate, with a large proportion of sulphuric acid combined with the iron.
The South-West|Jonathon Holt Ingraham
The saline, sulphur and chalybeate springs of Llandrindod have long been famous.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7|Various
The antidote was excellent; cooling, fortifying; 'quite a chalybeate,' her aunt would say, and she was thankful.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete|George Meredith

There are also, in the immediate vicinity, a number of fine sulphur and chalybeate springs.
A Guide to the Virginia Springs|John Jennings Moorman

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for chalybeate

chalybeate

[kă-lĭb′ē-ĭt]

adj.

Impregnated with or containing iron salts.