CHALYBEATE


Meaning of CHALYBEATE in English

I. kə-ˈlē-bē-ət, -ˈli- adjective

Etymology: probably from New Latin chalybeatus, irregular from Latin chalybs steel, from Greek chalyb-, chalyps, from Chalybes, ancient people in Asia Minor

Date: 1634

: impregnated with salts of iron ; also : having a taste due to iron

chalybeate springs

II. noun

Date: 1667

: a chalybeate liquid or medicine

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