chalybeate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek χάλυψ (khálups, “steel”) + -ate.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
chalybeate
- Containing dissolved salts of iron.
- 2024 April 3, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: destination Harrow”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 57:
- "Situated on the River Cherwell", Banbury also benefits from "sulphurated water" and close by "a spring of chalybeate water".
- Tasting of iron, said of mineral water.
Translations[edit]
flavored with mineral salts
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Noun[edit]
chalybeate (plural chalybeates)
- A mineral water containing iron, a voguish general remedy during the 17th-19th century.