admixtion

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin admixtio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ædˈmɪkstʃən/

Noun

admixtion (countable and uncountable, plural admixtions)

1. (archaic) A mingling of different things; a mixture.
   • 1564 February, Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], “Nicolas Vdall vnto the Gentle and Honeste Harted Readers Well to Fare”, in Erasmus, translated by Nicolas Udall, Apophthegmes, that is to Saie, Prompte, Quicke, Wittie and Sentẽcious Saiynges, […], London: […] Ihon Kingston, →OCLC:

     truly for the Engliſheman to bee offended with the admixtion of Latine, or the Latine manne to miſlike the poutheryng of Greke, appereth vnto me a moche like thing, as if at a feaſt with varietee of good meates and drinkes furniſhed, one that loueth to feede of a Capon, ſhould take diſpleaſure that an other man hath appetite to a Coney, […]

   • 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica:

     The elements are no where pure in these lower regions; and if there is any free from the admixtion of another, sure it is above the concave of the moon.

   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     All metals may be calcined by strong waters, or by admixtion of salt, sulphur, and mercury.

   • 1646, Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errors:

     There is no way to make a strong and vigorous powder of saltpetre, without the admixtion of sulphur.

References

• “admixtion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.mik.stjɔ̃/

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Noun

admixtion f (plural admixtions)

1. admixture