Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Blended together into one unit or mass.
- adjective Consisting or made up of a variety of different entities: synonym: miscellaneous.
- adjective Both favorable and unfavorable.
- adjective Relating to or made up of people of different races or social classes.
- adjective Made up of, intended for, or open to people of different sexes.
- adjective Crossbred.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Filthy; vile.
- In geology, technically applied to those igneous rocks which under the microscope are found to consist of both crystalline and glassy matter, the two being intimately involved.
- Consisting of different elements or parts; mingled: as, a mixed feeling of pleasure and grief.
- Promiscuous; indiscriminate; not comprised in one class or kind.
- Confused; befogged mentally. [Colloq.] Also spelled
mixt . - plural In metaphysics See mode.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See
mix , v. t. & i. - adjective (Law) a suit combining the properties of a real and a personal action.
- adjective a mixtilineal angle.
- adjective a textile fabric composed of two or more kinds of fiber, as a poplin.
- adjective a marriage between persons of different races or religions; specifically, one between a Roman Catholic and a Protestant.
- adjective a whole number and a fraction taken together.
- adjective a railway train containing both passenger and freight cars.
- adjective (Mus.) voices of both males and females united in the same performance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
mix . - adjective Having two or more
separate aspects. - adjective Not completely
pure ,tainted or adulterated. - adjective Including both
male (s) andfemale (s). - adjective Stemming from two or more
races orbreeds
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective involving or composed of different races
- adjective consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
Etymologies
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Examples
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First off, the term mixed extraction is hardly a slur or an uncommon way to describe a person by way of race.
Warren Kinsella: A Masterful Propagandist « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009
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By the term mixed mineral manures is meant a mixture of mineral fertilisers, not including phosphates.
Manures and the principles of manuring Charles Morton Aikman
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The term mixed-mode is commonly used to describe a blend of face to face and distance education that does not necessarily have a high technology component.
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Economists continue to use the euphemism "mixed" in meaningless reports based on artificially improved data.
Hooray for Socialism! Al Lewis 2011
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Despite the show of unity, however, Senate Republicans expressed deep skepticism of the White House's management of the war effort, particularly of what they described as mixed messages over how fast a drawdown would begin next July.
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Another response to his argument is to claim that, even if it does apply to evaluations, it would only apply to very basic ones and would leave room for substantial disagreements beyond these (if this were the case, then Davidson would have established only what I call a mixed position in section 6 below).
Moral Relativism Gowans, Chris 2008
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Thus drunkenness, or lying, signify such or such a collection of simple ideas, which I call mixed modes: and in this sense they are as much positive absolute ideas, as the drinking of
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi touched off a political firestorm in W.shington when she touched down in Syria, drawing a strong rebuke from President George W. Bush, who lashed out at what he calls the mixed signals a visit by such a high-ranking U.S. official sends to the Syrian leadership, a state sponsor of terror.
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And we should also point out that when HANO, the Housing Authority of New Orleans, and HUD plans to do this, they want to put there what they call mixed income housing -- basically low income, medium income and high income.
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All that is requisite to my present design, is to show what sort of ideas those are which I call mixed modes; how the mind comes by them; and that they are compositions made up of simple ideas got from sensation and reflection; which I suppose I have done.
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