mixtion

English

Etymology

From Middle French mixtion, mixion, and its source, Latin mixtiō, from mixtus (“mixed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪkst͡ʃən/

Noun

mixtion (countable and uncountable, plural mixtions)

1. (archaic) The act or process of mixing; the state of being mixed or becoming mixed; a mixture.
   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.17:

     Nor are there hardly any who either treat of mutation or mixtion of sexes, who have not left some mention of this point […]

2. (obsolete) A compound of drugs; a medicinal concoction.
3. (obsolete) A chemical compound.
4. (obsolete) In gilding, a mixture of amber, mastic, and asphalt used as a size or mordant for affixing gold leaf to wood or to distemper pictures.
5. (obsolete) The addition of something as an ingredient; admixture; the presence of a heterogeneous element in a mixture or compound.
6. (obsolete) A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “mixtion”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mixtiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mik.stjɔ̃/

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Noun

mixtion f (plural mixtions)

1. mixtion (compound of drugs)

Further reading

• “mixtion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mixtiō.

Noun

mixtion oblique singular, f (oblique plural mixtions, nominative singular mixtion, nominative plural mixtions)

1. mixtion (compound of drugs)

Synonyms

• commixtion