Meanings
chalybeate1
- Containing dissolved salts of iron.
"Situated on the River Cherwell", Banbury also benefits from "sulphurated water" and close by "a spring of chalybeate water".
2024 April 3, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: destination Harrow”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 571 more example
It is somewhat difficult to determine at what minimum point a water containing a trace of iron shall cease to be regarded as a chalybeate water.
1880, The American Medical Association, The Transactions of the American Medical Association, Volume 31, page 551 - Tasting of iron.
chalybeate mineral water
chalybeate2
plural chalybeates
- A mineral water containing iron, a voguish general remedy during the 17th-19th century.
Origin
chalybeate · adjective
From Ancient Greek χάλυψ (khálups, “steel”) + English -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Full word history & related roots →chalybeate · noun
Clipping of chalybeate water. Equivalent to Ancient Greek χάλυψ (khálups) + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Irish iarnach, iarnaí
- iarnachflavored with mineral salts
- iarnaíflavored with mineral salts
Swedish järnhaltig
- järnhaltigflavored with mineral salts
Welsh haearnol, durllyd
- haearnolflavored with mineral salts
- durllydflavored with mineral salts
Cite this entry
chalybeate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chalybeate
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