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   mixed

   /mɪkst/

   adjective

   • 1. consisting of different qualities or elements: "a mixed diet" Similar assortedvariedvariegatedmiscellaneousdifferentdifferingdisparatediversediversifiedmotleysundryjumbledhaphazardheterogeneousOpposite homogeneous
   • ▪ (of an assessment of, reaction to, or feeling about something) containing a mixture of both favourable and negative elements: "the film opened last Friday to mixed reviews" Similar ambivalentequivocalunsureuncertaindoubtfulcontradictoryconflictingconfusedmuddledOpposite unequivocal
   • ▪ composed of different varieties of the same thing: "crab on a bed of mixed salad" Similar hybridhalf-castehalf-breedcross-breedcross-bredinterbredmongrelimpuredated:underbredOpposite pure
   • ▪ (especially of an educational establishment or a sports team or competition) of or for members of both sexes: "the college's mixed hockey team"
   • ▪ involving a mixture of people from different ethnic, religious, or social groups: "people of mixed race"

   Word Origin late Middle Englishmixt: from Old French mixte, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscere ‘to mix’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mixedness noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • X

     8

   • E

     1

   • D

     2

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