chalybeate

 

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• IPA^(key): /kəˈlɪbi.ət/

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

chalybeate

1. 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".

2. Tasting of iron, said of mineral water.

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

chalybeate (plural chalybeates)

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