MIXED

assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, sundry

(adjective) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; “an arrangement of assorted spring flowers”; “assorted sizes”; “miscellaneous accessories”; “a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music”; “a motley crew”; “sundry sciences commonly known as social”- I.A.Richards

interracial, mixed

(adjective) involving or composed of different races; “interracial schools”; “a mixed neighborhood”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

mixed

simple past tense and past participle of mix

Adjective

mixed (comparative more mixed, superlative most mixed)

Having two or more separate aspects.

Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.

Including both male(s) and female(s).

Stemming from two or more races or breeds

Synonyms

• (having two or more separate aspects): heterogeneous (See also heterogeneous); (feelings) ambivalent, conflicted, equivocal

• (not pure): impure

• (including both males and females): co-ed, unsegregated

• (stemming from two or more races or breeds): hybrid, mongrel

Antonyms

• (having two or more separate aspects): homogeneous, unmixed; See also homogeneous

• (not pure): pure

• (including both males and females): single-sex

• (stemming from two or more races or breeds): pedigree, pure, pureblooded, purebred

Anagrams

• demix

Source: Wiktionary


Mixed, a.

Definition: Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See Mix, v. t. & i. Mixed action (Law), a suit combining the properties of a real and a personal action.

– Mixed angle, a mixtilineal angle.

– Mixed fabric, a textile fabric composed of two or more kinds of fiber, as a poplin.

– Mixed marriage, a marriage between persons of different races or religions; specifically, one between a Roman Catholic and a Protestant.

– Mixed number, a whole number and a fraction taken together.

– Mixed train, a railway train containing both passenger and freight cars.

– Mixed voices (Mus.), voices of both males and females united in the same performance.

MIX

Mix, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mixed (less properly Mixt); p. pr. & vb. n. Mixing.] Etym: [AS. miscan; akin to OHG. misken, G. mischen, Russ. mieshate, W. mysgu, Gael. measg, L. miscere, mixtum, Gr. miçra mixed. The English word has been influenced by L. miscere, mixtum (cf. Mixture), and even the AS. miscan may have been borrowed fr. L. miscere. Cf. Admix, Mash to bruise, Meddle.]

1. To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of, as of two or more substances with each other, or of one substance with others; to unite or blend into one mass or compound, as by stirring together; to mingle; to blend; as, to mix flour and salt; to mix wines. Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. Shak.

2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate. Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people. Hos. vii. 8.

3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different parts. Hast thou no poison mixed Shak. I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations. Bacon.

Mix, v. i.

1. To become united into a compound; to be blended promiscuously together.

2. To associate; to mingle. He had mixed Again in fancied safety with his kind. Byron.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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