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chalybeate

/kəˈlɪbi.ət/

chalybeate adjective: containing dissolved salts of iron.

Adjective

chalybeate

  1. Containing dissolved salts of iron.
    • "Situated on the River Cherwell", Banbury also benefits from "sulphurated water" and close by "a spring of chalybeate water".2024 April 3, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: destination Harrow”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 57
  2. Tasting of iron.
    • chalybeate mineral water

Noun

chalybeate (plural chalybeates)

  1. A mineral water containing iron, a voguish general remedy during the 17th-19th century.

Forms of chalybeate

pluralchalybeates

Origin of chalybeate

From Ancient Greek χάλυψ (khálups, “steel”) + English -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Clipping of chalybeate water. Equivalent to Ancient Greek χάλυψ (khálups) + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Questions about chalybeate

What does chalybeate mean?
Chalybeate means containing dissolved salts of iron.
What part of speech is chalybeate?
Chalybeate can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce chalybeate?
Chalybeate is pronounced /kəˈlɪbi.ət/.

Words near chalybeate in the dictionary

  1. Chalvington
  2. Chalvington with Ripe
  3. chalybaeizanic acid
  4. Chalybean
  5. Chalybeans
  6. chalybeate
  7. chalybeates
  8. chalybeous
  9. Chalybes
  10. chalybite
  11. chalybites

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