Chalybeate Definition

kə-lĭbē-ĭt, -lēbē-
adjective
Containing salts of iron.
Webster's New World
Tasting like iron.
Webster's New World
noun
A chalybeate liquid or medicine.
Webster's New World
A mineral water that was a voguish general remedy during the 17th-19th century.
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Other Word Forms of Chalybeate

Noun

Singular:
chalybeate
Plural:
chalybeates

Origin of Chalybeate

  • New Latin chalybeātus from Latin chalybs steel from Greek khalups khalub- possibly from Khalups sing. of Khalubes Chalybes, people of Asia Minor famous for their steel

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Chalybeate Sentence Examples

  • Cannstatt, which was incorporated with Stuttgart in 1903, attracts numerous visitors owing to its beautiful situation on the Neckar and its saline and chalybeate springs.

  • Bakewell is noted for a chalybeate spring, of use in cases of chronic rheumatism, and there are baths attached to it.

  • There is a chalybeate spring.

  • During the summer it is a place of considerable resort for the sake of its waters - saline, chalybeate and sulphur - and it possesses the usual accessories of pump-rooms, baths and a recreation ground.

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

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