an alloy that includes a small admixture of silver an admixture of rose petals and lavender for a fragrant potpourri
Recent Examples on the WebWhen Peter Turcik first spotted Mallows Bay, his immediate thought wasn’t of the history of the Charles County bay or of its haunting beauty, a curious admixture of nature and industry. John Kelly, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2022 Earth’s northern and southern lights—the result of a rendezvous between magnetic fields, energized particles from the Sun, and our planet’s atmospheric admixture—are wondrous spectacles. Robin Andrews, Wired, 22 Feb. 2022 Lives turn out through some admixture of genes, environment, luck and pluck. Michael Shermer, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2022 There was always an admixture of delight, which tempered any inclination to be sniffish about the Americana that Thiebaud painted.Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2021 The research found that the Tarim Basin mummies showed no sign of admixture (a scientific term for having babies) with other groups that lived at the same time. Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 Oct. 2021 Once a week in Houser’s apartment, the duo would power through creative sessions fueled by an admixture of anchovy onion pizza, diet Cokes, and cigarettes. Ade D. Adeniji, Wired, 27 Oct. 2021 Their daring admixture of styles, materials and scales reads like a mission statement for a style that neither idolizes modern technology nor romanticizes the past.New York Times, 2 Aug. 2021 The impulse can act as a sort of muscle relaxant, a release valve that also, perhaps not incidentally, corresponds to periods of persistent discomfort or despair, or some kind of admixture of the two. Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 20 July 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
probably borrowed from New Latin admixtūra, from Latin admixtus (past participle of admiscēre "to add as an ingredient, mix (one thing with another)," from ad-ad- + miscēre "to mix entry 1") + -ūra-ure