alloyed, ppl. a.
(əˈlɔɪd)
[f. alloy v. + -ed.]
1. Mixed with a baser metal, so as to be reduced in quality.
| 1691 Locke Money Wks. 1727 II. 40 Fine Silver is usually dearer than so much Silver alloy'd. 1831 Lardner Hydrost. viii. 164 Alloyed metals, or adulterated liquids. |
2. Hence fig. Debased, deteriorated, through the admixture of something injurious.
| 1827 Carlyle Richter, Misc. I. 15 This man, alloyed with imperfections as he may be, is consistent. 1869 Lecky Europ. Mor. I. xi. 227 Pleasures so fleeting and so alloyed. |
3. Combined so as to form a metallic compound.
| 1822 J. Imison Sc. & Art II. 118 They always contain native iron alloyed with nickel. 1860 Ure Dict. Arts I. 93 Copper alloyed with zinc forms brass. |