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; chalybite

Example Sentences

"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 MacKenzie, Compton

Fancy's thoughts and ideas bubbled out of her mind, effervescent, like water from a chalybeate spring.

From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Vachell, Horace Annesley

Even the advantage of these was neutralized by the chalybeate, which acted with disconcerting abruptness upon a healthy body unused to medicinal spurs.

From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton

The advice I would offer you this morning is, next to the duty of a regular course of chalybeate, the most important item in human happiness.

From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton

The island is watered by several short rivers, mainly on the east and south; there are numerous fresh water springs, as well as hot chalybeate and sulphurous springs.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various