figurative. Chiefly with sense, ‘giving the appearance of a strange medley’, ‘being neither one thing nor the other’.

Chiefly derogatory. Of mixed or doubtful origin, nature, or character; not belonging to any definite type; being neither one thing nor another.

Chiefly derogatory. Composed of differing or incongruous parts; motley, mixed.

Consisting of members or elements of different kinds; of mixed composition or character.

figurative. party per pale: having two different, esp. opposite or contrasted, qualities; of mixed or composite character. Cf. sense 1b. Obsolete.

= party per pale at party, adj. 2a. See also quot. 1725.

= B.

Of the nature of two different things or classes; belonging partly to one class and partly to another. Obsolete. rare.

In ambigenal hyperbola: designating a curve resembling one branch of a hyperbola, one half crossing the asymptote before converging to it.

transferred and figurative. Derived from heterogeneous or incongruous sources; having a mixed character; composed of two diverse elements; mongrel.

Hybrid. Obsolete.

A hybrid. A person who or thing which is a hybrid in some way. Frequently attributive.

Of a mixed form, appearance, or character.

Mongrel in composition, type, or character; mixed, hybrid.