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verb (used without object)
1.
to become mixed, blended, or united.
2.
to associate or mix in company: She refuses to mingle with bigots.
3.
to associate or take part with others; participate.
verb (used with object)
4.
to mix or combine; put together in a mixture; blend.
5.
to unite, join, or conjoin.
6.
to associate in company: a hostess who mingles diplomats with executives.
7.
to form by mixing; compound; concoct.
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Unmingled
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
noun
8.
mingles, two or more single, unrelated adults who live together.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English menglen, equivalent to meng(en) to mix (Old English mengan; cognate with Dutch, German mengen) + -(e)len -le
1425–75; late Middle English menglen, equivalent to meng(en) to mix (Old English mengan; cognate with Dutch, German mengen) + -(e)len -le
Related forms
min·gle·ment, noun
min·gler, noun
re·min·gle, verb, -gled, -gling.
un·min·gled, adjective
well-min·gled, adjective
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Word Origin & History
mingle
mid-15c., frequentative of M.E. myngen "to mix," from O.E. mengan (related to second element in among), from P.Gmc. *mangijanan (cf. O.S. mengian, O.N. menga, O.Fris. mendza, Ger. mengen), from PIE *menq- "to knead, mix" (see mix). The formation may
EXPANDhave been suggested by cognate M.Du. mengelen. Related: Mingled; mingling.
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