mixed
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Alternative forms
- mixt (obsolete, Latinate spelling)
Etymology
From mix, equivalent to mix + -ed. Compare Middle English mixid (“mixed”, past participle), Old English miscode (“mixed”, preterite). More at mix.
In adjectival use, reinforced by French mixte and/or Latin mixtus, past participle of misceō (“mix”), from the same Indo-European root as mix.
Pronunciation
Verb
mixed
- simple past and past participle of mix
Adjective
mixed (comparative more mixed, superlative most mixed)
- Having two or more separate aspects.
- I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting.
- The various studies produced mixed results.
- Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.
- My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility.
- Including both male(s) and female(s).
- The tennis match was mixed, with a boy and a girl on each side.
- My son attends a mixed school, my daughter an all-girl grammar school.
- 1983 April 9, The Sustainer Committee, “Sustain GCN”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
- We were the first paper to involve large numbers of gay men and lesbians: today, we remain the only truly mixed periodical in our community.
- Stemming from two or more races or breeds.
- The benefit dog show has both mixed and single-breed competitions.
- Mixed blood can surprisingly produce inherited properties which neither parent showed
- Polarizing; including both positive and negative feedback.
- The movie has received mixed reviews from movie critics.
Synonyms
- (having two or more separate aspects): heterogeneous (See also Thesaurus: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
- (antonym(s) of “having two or more separate aspects”): homogeneous, unmixed; See also Thesaurus:homogeneous
- (antonym(s) of “not pure”): pure
- (antonym(s) of “including both males and females”): single-sex
- (antonym(s) of “stemming from two or more races or breeds”): pedigree, pure, pureblooded, purebred
Derived terms
- Jerusalem mixed grill
- mixed alphabet
- mixed astigmatism
- mixed bag
- mixed blessing
- mixed-blood
- mixed bud
- mixed chalice
- mixed climbing
- mixed company
- mixed conditional
- mixed connective tissue disease
- mixed declension
- mixed doubles
- mixed drink
- mixed economic
- mixed economy
- mixed farming
- mixed feelings
- mixed foursome
- mixed fraction
- mixed gauge
- mixed grill
- mixed grip
- mixed herbs
- mixed heritage
- mixed inhibition
- mixed initiative
- mixed-interval chord
- mixed language
- mixed larceny
- mixed manning
- mixed marriage
- mixed martial artist
- mixed martial arts
- mixed media
- mixed-member proportional
- mixed message
- mixed metaphor
- mixed methods
- mixed monarchy
- mixed mutation
- mixed number
- mixed nuts
- mixed origins
- mixed oxide
- mixed parentage
- mixed picture
- mixed plate
- mixed race
- mixed-race
- mixed reaction
- mixed reality
- mixed salt
- mixed-sex
- mixed signal
- mixed spice
- mixed-traffic
- mixed train
- mixed-up
- mixed-use
- ready-mixed
Related terms
Descendants
- → Russian: микст (mikst)
Translations
having two or more separate aspects
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not completely pure, tainted or adulterated
including both males and females
Stemming from two or more races or breeds
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