miscegenate

verb, noun — 3 senses

miscegenate

verb

Etymology Back-formation from miscegenation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

1

To mix or blend.

2

To mix or blend races in marriage, or in breeding.

Tigons, ligers and a zeedonk have also been created by miscegenating mammals.1985, Hartson & Dawson, The Ultimate Irrelevant Encyclopedia, page 66:

Derived terms: miscegenator, unmiscegenated
Related terms: antimiscegenation, miscegenation

miscegenate

noun

Etymology Back-formation from miscegenation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

1

A person born as a result of miscegenation.

The other [house was] that of ‘the Thompsons’, an ubiquitous and energetic band of half-breeds—miscegenates of mingled Indian, Negro or gypsy blood.1931, Theodore Dreiser, Dawn:

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