intermixture

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-tér
Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér
Proto-Italic *n̥ter
Latin inter
Latin inter-bor.
English inter-
English mixture
English intermixture

    From inter- + mixture.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

    intermixture (plural intermixtures)

    1. A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed.
    2. Admixture; also, an additional ingredient.
      • 1790, [Antoine-François de] Fourcroy, “Of the Milk”, in [William Nicholson], transl., Elements of Natural History and Chemistry. […], volume III, London: […] C[harles] Elliot and T[homas] Kay, […]; Edinburgh: C[harles] Elliot, →OCLC, 4th part (The Animal Kingdom), page 182:
        The cheeſe, or caſeous part of milk, is formed into a maſs, and ſeparated from the other parts of the liquid, by the action of fire, by the acid fermentation of vvhich milk is liable, and by the intermixture of acids. This matter, vvhen vvell vvaſhed, is vvhite and ſolid, like the albumen of the blood.

    Latin

    Participle

    intermixtūre

    1. vocative masculine singular of intermixtūrus
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