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▪ I. admix, n.|ˈædmɪks|
[Back-formation f. admixture n., or directly f. the vb.]
Something added as an ingredient, an admixture; also loosely, a mixture.
1961in Webster. 1970J. Earl Tuners & Amplifiers iii. 63, I am not at all happy with a.m./hi-fi admixes. I prefer an f.m.-only tuner as a separate unit. 1977Forbes (N.Y.) 15 Dec. 98/1 He told us the other night on public television that boards are comprised of dotards, management lickspittles and a trendy admix of ghetto clerics and feminists. 1985P. Ferguson Family Myths & Legends xi. 80 Cissie and Jessie were smeared almost as thickly as the outhouse, with an admix of streaky soot between the colours.
▪ II. admix, v. rare.|ædˈmɪks|
[f. L. ad to + mix:—OE. misc-an; in imitation of L. ad-miscēre, and perh. directly due to the ppl. adj. admixt, ad. L. admixt-us, being taken as a regular Eng. pple. admix-t.]
trans. and intr. To mingle with something else; to add as an ingredient.
1533J. Frith Answ. to More (1829) 382 First, you shall understand, that in the wine, which is called Christ's blood, is admixed water. 1593Bilson Govt. Chr. Ch. To Reader 6 Levites being admixed with them to direct them. 1859Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. V. 275/1 The blood of the bronchial arteries is poured directly into the pulmonary artery, with the venous blood of which it admixes. |