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chalybeate

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) chalybeate (adjective)
  2. 2) chalybeate (noun)

1cha·ly·be·ate

adj \kə-ˈlē-bē-ət, -ˈli-\

Definition of CHALYBEATE

: impregnated with salts of iron; also : having a taste due to iron <chalybeate springs>

Origin of CHALYBEATE

probably from New Latin chalybeatus, irregular from Latin chalybs steel, from Greek chalyb-, chalyps, from Chalybes, ancient people in Asia Minor
First Known Use: 1634

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