# mixed
## English
### 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

* IPA: /mɪkst/
** Audio (US):(file)
** Rhymes: -ɪkst
* (Indic) IPA: /miksɖ/, (adjective also) /-eɖ/

### 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 perspective
* 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

* mixer
* mixture

#### Descendants

* → Russian: микст (mikst)

#### Translations

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### Anagrams

* demix