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chalybeous

chalybeous adjective: steel blue; of the colour of tempered steel.

Adjective

chalybeous (comparative more chalybeous, superlative most chalybeous)

  1. (archaic) steel blue; of the colour of tempered steel.

Forms of chalybeous

comparativemore chalybeous
superlativemost chalybeous

Origin of chalybeous

From Ancient Greek χάλυψ (khálups, “steel”) + -ous.

Questions about chalybeous

What does chalybeous mean?
Chalybeous means steel blue; of the colour of tempered steel.
What part of speech is chalybeous?
Chalybeous is an adjective.

Words near chalybeous in the dictionary

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

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