mixed
Meanings
Verb
- mix together different elements
- open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
- combine (electronic signals)
- add as an additional element or part
- to bring or combine together or with something else
- mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- simple past and past participle of mix
Adjective Satellite
- consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; ; ; ; ; ; - I.A.Richards
- "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"
- involving or composed of different races
- "a mixed neighborhood"
Adj
- 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.
- Polarizing; including both positive and negative feedback.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
amalgamate, ambivalent, assorted, blend, co-ed, coalesce, combine, commingle, commix, conflate, conflicted, desegregate, equivocal, flux, fuse, heterogeneous, hybrid, immix, impure, integrate, interracial, meld, merge, mingle, miscellaneous, mix, mix in, mongrel, motley, ruffle, shuffle, sundry, unify, unsegregated
Antonyms
homogeneous, pedigree, pure, pureblooded, purebred, segregate, single-sex, unmixed
Scrabble Score: 15
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