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mixty-maxty, mixy-maxy, a. and n. Sc. and dial.|ˈmɪkstɪˈmækstɪ, ˈmɪksɪˈmæksɪ|
Forms: α. 8–9 mixtie-maxtie, 9 mixter-maxter, 9– mixty-maxty; β. mixie-maxie, mixey-maxey, mixy-maxy.
[A varied reduplication of mixt mixed ppl. a. Cf. mish-mash.]
A. adj. Incongruously or promiscuously mingled; jumbled together; mixed; confused.
1786Burns Earnest Cry xxi, Yon mixtie-maxtie, queer hotch-potch, The Coalition. 1861Quinn Heather Lintie (1863) 238 Degenerate things, however coud Yer mixtie-maxtie puddle Vie wi' the pure Milesian bluid O' winsome Sally Noddle. 1885G. Fraser Poems 133 His points got mixy-maxy, and defied ye tae recall The guid advice he gied ye, for 'twas a' reel-rawl. 1894Superfluous Woman (ed. 4) I. 75 It makes a body feel mixtie-maxtie to come upon her sudden-like amidst the pots and pans.
B. n. Anything promiscuously mixed; a mixed or confused mass, a heterogeneous mixture.
1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. (1876) 189 Wi' supper in his kyte weel fed, Composed o' unco mixie maxies. 1829Brockett N.C. Gloss. (ed. 2), Mixty-maxty, Mixy-maxy, any thing confusedly mixed, an irregular medley—a mish-mash, or hotch-potch. 1871Alexander Johnny Gibb ix. 68 A mixter maxter o' figures wi' the letters o' the A B C. 1895Roy Horseman's Word xxxix. 429 The warld was a gey queer mixty-maxty. |