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chalybeous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
chaly-beous
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

steel blue; of the colour of tempered steel.

Archaic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χάλυψ (khálups, “steel”) + -ous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more chalybeous (comparative) most chalybeous (superlative)

Questions

What does chalybeous mean?
steel blue; of the colour of tempered steel.
Where does chalybeous come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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