chalybeate

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
21
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/kəˈlɪbi.ət/

Definition of chalybeate

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  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".”
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adj

  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".”
  2. Tasting of iron.
    “chalybeate mineral water”

noun

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

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Etymology

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

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