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jumble
English
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /d??mb?l/
- Rhymes: -?mb?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English jumbelen, alteration of jumbren, jombren, a variant of jumpren, frequentative of jumpen (“to jump”), equal to jump +? -le. More at jumber, jump, jumper.
Verb
jumble (third-person singular simple present jumbles, present participle jumbling, simple past and past participle jumbled)
- (transitive) To mix or confuse.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of Contentment (sermon)
- Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies together?
- Every clime and age jumbled together.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of Contentment (sermon)
- (intransitive) To meet or unite in a confused way.
Derived terms
- jumble up
Translations
Noun
jumble (countable and uncountable, plural jumbles)
- A mixture of unrelated things.
- (uncountable, Britain) Items for a rummage sale.
- (countable, Britain, informal) A rummage sale.
- 1982, Hunter Davies, Flossie Teacake's Fur Coat
- "That's a nice coat," said Bella. "I used to have one like that. Got it at a jumble. But it didn't suit me. You look great in it."
- 1982, Hunter Davies, Flossie Teacake's Fur Coat
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:hodgepodge
Translations
See also
- jumble sale
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
jumble (plural jumbles)
- (archaic) A small, thin, sugared cake, usually ring-shaped.
Alternative forms
- jumbal
- jumball
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commixture
English
Etymology
From con- +? mixture.
Noun
commixture (countable and uncountable, plural commixtures)
- 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.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin, 2005, page 4,
Latin
Participle
commixt?re
- vocative masculine singular of commixt?rus
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