chalybeate

American  

[kuh-lib-ee-it, -ayt] / 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

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Example Sentences

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chalybeate

A park in the south of the city contains a spa, a chalybeate spring having been discovered in 1814.

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

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

From Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Hugh Piper

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

From this mountain arises a mineral water, which turns the syrup of violets red, without any signs of chalybeate.

From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale

"My lords, ladies and gentlemen," he began, and just then Magog hurried up with the Beau's glass of chalybeate.

From The Passionate Elopement by Compton MacKenzie

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