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mixed
English
Etymology
From mix, equivalent to mix +? -ed. Compare Middle English mixid (“mixed”, past participle), Old English miscode (“mixed”, preterite). More at mix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?kst/
- Rhymes: -?kst
Verb
mixed
- simple past tense 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.
- 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.
- 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
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
- (having two or more separate aspects): homogeneous, unmixed; See also Thesaurus:homogeneous
- (not pure): pure
- (including both males and females): single-sex
- (stemming from two or more races or breeds): pedigree, pure, pureblooded, purebred
Derived terms
Related terms
- mixer
- mixture
Translations
Anagrams
- demix
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knotty
English
Etymology
From Middle English knotty, knotti, equivalent to knot +? -y. Compare Dutch knoestig (“knotty”), German knotig (“knotty”), Swedish knutig, knotig (“knotty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?ti/
- Homophone: naughty (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
- Rhymes: -?ti
Adjective
knotty (comparative knottier or more knotty, superlative knottiest or most knotty)
- Full of knots.
- Complicated or tricky; complex, difficult.
- Synonyms: intricate, thorny
Derived terms
- Knotty Ash
Translations
Middle English
Alternative forms
- knotti, cnotti
Etymology
From knotte +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kn?ti?/
Adjective
knotty
- knotted, tied, linked
- knotty, tangled, twisted
- knobby, bumpy, clumped
- knoblike, protruding
Descendants
- English: knotty
- Scots: knottie
References
- “knott?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.
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