different between commixture vs potpourri

English

Etymology

From con- +? mixture.

Noun

commixture (countable and uncountable, plural commixtures)

1. The act or state of being mixed together; a union or mingling of constituents; commixtion.
   • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin, 2005, page 4,

     Some apprehended a purifying virtue in fire, refining the grosser commixture, and firing out the Æthereall particles so deeply immersed in it.

   • 1816, On Lighting Coal Mines, Thomas Thomson (editor), Annals of Philosophy, Volume 7: January—June 1816, page 118,

     Of these gases the former become less and less noxious in proportion to their commixture with atmospheric air; the latter more and more dangerous, and liable to explosion, in proportion to the same commixture, in quantities limited to six parts and 12 parts of atmospheric air. No commixture of these different noxious gases will explode.

   • 2007, Percy Lubbock, The Craft of Fiction, page 20,

     They are the various forms of narrative, the forms in which a story may be told; and while they are many, they are not indeed so very many, though their modifications and their commixtures are infinite.

Latin

Participle

commixt?re

1. vocative masculine singular of commixt?rus

English

Alternative forms

• pot pourri

Etymology

From French pot-pourri (“stew, potpourri”), a Calque of Spanish olla podrida (“stew”, literally “rotten pot”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??p???i?/, /p???p???.i/, /p???p???.i/

Noun

potpourri (countable and uncountable, plural potpourris)

1. A collection of various things; an assortment, mixed bag or motley.
2. An anthology of miscellaneous prose.
3. (music) A medley of songs or music.
4. A mixture of dried fragrant plant material, often in a decorative bowl, used to scent a room.
5. A ragout or stew of meat and vegetables.

Translations

See also

• pot-au-feu

Dutch

Etymology

From French pot pourri (“rotten pot”), itself a calque from Spanish olla podrida.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pot?pour?ri

Noun

potpourri m (plural potpourri's, diminutive potpourrietje n)

1. several songs strung together (medley).
2. A mixture of dried fragrant plant material, often in a decorative bowl, used to scent a room.
3. A number of varied literary articles.

Synonyms

• medley (1)

Portuguese

Noun

potpourri m (plural potpourris)

1. Alternative spelling of pot-pourri