mixableadj.
/ˈmɪksəbl/, U.S. /ˈmɪksəb(ə)l/ Capable of being mixed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adjective] > capable of being mixed
miscible1570
mixible1607
commiscible1657
mixable1659
mingleable1666
1659 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. D. Sennert Thirteen Bks. Nat. Philos. xi. ii. 457 Mixt bodies are resolved into the Elements; and Aristotle himself..saies, That the things mixable may be separated again from the mixt body.
1704 R. Pitt Antidote 166 The distill'd Oyls are too Simple, and have an exalted Force, which is not unitable and mixable with the Spirits and Blood.
1838 J. F. Cooper Home as Found II. v. 79 One of the great merits of fresh-water, general, is what I call its mixable quality.
1867 Sci. Amer. 23 Nov. 323/1 In mixable liquids this is determined by their capacity for water.
1922 Glasgow Herald 4 Dec. 11 Rubber latex is a limpid liquid which is mixable with water.
1975 Amer. Econ. Rev. 65 199/2 Nothing can be said in terms of consumer efficiency unless the goods are known to be mixable.
1994 Mixmag June 58/1 Thumping groovy house with a large bassline and highly mixable acappella.
Derivatives
ˈmixableness n. rare
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > capability of being mixed
miscibleness1736
miscibility1755
mixableness1881
1881 W. D. Whitney Mixt. in Lang. 7 Any view..concerning the mixableness or unmixableness of language.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1659