chalybeate

Meanings

Adjective

  • Containing dissolved salts of iron.
  • Tasting of iron, said of mineral water.

Noun

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

Origin

  • From Ancient Greek χάλυψ -ate.

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