admixtion

English

Etymology

Latin admixtio.

Noun

admixtion (countable and uncountable, plural admixtions)

(archaic) A mingling of different things; an admixture.
- 1564 February, Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], “Nicolas Vdall vnto the Gentle and Honeste Harted Readers Well to Fare”, in Erasmus; Nicolas Udall, transl., Apophthegmes, that is to Saie, Prompte, Quicke, Wittie and Sentẽcious Saiynges, […], London: […] Ihon Kingston, OCLC 228713049:
  [T]ruly 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.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:
  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.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for admixtion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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Noun

admixtion f (plural admixtions)

admixture