mixtie-maxtie

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adjective

mix·​tie-max·​tie

variants or mixty-maxty

¦mikstē¦makstē,

-ti

chiefly Scottish

: jumbled together : confused

mixtie-maxtie

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noun

variants or mixty-maxty

"

or less commonly mixter-maxter

ˈmikstər¦makstər

chiefly Scottish

: a heterogeneous mixture

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

alteration & reduplication of mixt, obsolete variant of mixed entry 1

Noun

mixter-maxter, alteration of mixtie-maxtie

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