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mixed

verb
/mɪkst/

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.

  1. inherited from *miskijan✻ — “to mix”
  2. inherited from *miskijan✻
  3. inherited from *mixian✻
  4. inherited from mixen
  5. suffixed as mixed — “mix + ed”

Definitions

  1. simple past and past participle of mix

  2. Having two or more separate aspects.

    • I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting.
    • The various studies produced mixed results.

  3. Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.

    • My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. 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.
      • 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.

    2. 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

    3. Polarizing

      Polarizing; including both positive and negative feedback.

      • The movie has received mixed reviews from movie critics.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at mixed. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01mixed02tainted03imperfections04imperfection05impurity06adulteration07adulterating08adulterate

A definitional loop anchored at mixed. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at mixed

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA