Lexic.us

Definition of Mixed

1. Adjective. Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds. "Sundry sciences commonly known as social"

2. Adjective. Involving or composed of different races. "A mixed neighborhood"

Definition of Mixed

1. a. Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See Mix, v. t. & i.

Definition of Mixed

1. Verb. (past of mix) ¹

2. Adjective. Having two or more separate aspects. ¹

3. Adjective. Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated. ¹

4. Adjective. Including both male(s) and female(s). ¹

5. Adjective. Stemming from two or more races or breeds ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mixed

1. mix [v] - See also: mix

Medical Definition of Mixed

1. Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See Mix, Mixed action, voices of both males and females united in the same performance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mixed

mix mix-up mix and match mix apples and oranges mix in mix it up mix tape mix tapes mix up mix ups

mixability mixable mixblood mixbloods mixd mixed (current term) mixed-blood mixed-interval chord mixed-interval chords mixed-race

mixed-up mixed agglutination mixed agglutination reaction mixed aphasia mixed astigmatism mixed bag mixed bags mixed beat mixed blessing

Literary usage of Mixed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1894)
"OF mixed MODES. i. HAVING treated of simple modes in the foregoing chapters, BOOK u. and given several instances of some of the most consider- ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"The following calorimetric results were obtained, using the mixed crystals whose composition is given above, and mechanical mixtures of the same composition ..."

3. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1918)
"TABLE I PERCENTAGE OF mixed FEELINGS An inspection of table I shows that out of a grand total of 2212 reports there are 71, or 3.21 fo, mixed feelings. ..."

4. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... with extraordinary variety of colours, mixed with gold, many tiles making but one figure, but joined fo artificially with mortar, being made of the fame ..."

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