▪ I. † iˈmmixture1 Obs. rare.
[f. im-2 + mixture, after immixt a.]
The condition of being unmixed; freedom from mixture; purity, simplicity.
| 1648 W. Mountague Devout Ess. i. xiv. §3. 190 That wherein our love is the most defective, which is simplicity and immixture. |
▪ II. immixture2
(ɪˈmɪkstjʊə(r))
[f. L. immixt-, ppl. stem of immiscēre to immix + -ure, as if ad. L. *immixtūra: cf. admixture, commixture.]
The action of immixing or mixing up; intimate mixture, commingling; the fact of being ‘mixed up’ or involved (in something).
| 1859 Gullick & Timbs Paint. 240 The immixture of oil with the colours. 1865 J. Grote Treat. Moral Ideas ii. (1876) 28 The immixture of the pollen with the stigma. 1888 Bryce Amer. Commw. xxiv. (1889) I. 256 To avoid an immixture in political strife. 1889 Stevenson Master of B. vi. 166 Repenting the temerity of my immixture in affairs so private. |