Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Word of the Day

immiscible
 \ ih-MIS-uh-buhl \  , adjective;  
1.not miscible; incapable of being mixed.

Quotes:
Yosil is with me now, our borders overlapping in unhappy swirls, like immiscible  fluids.
-- David Brin, "Kiln People" , 2002

The youngest one wore its hair in a style popularized by a sitcom that took as its subject three roommates of seemingly immiscible  temperaments and their attempts to make their fortune in this contusing city.
-- Colson Whitehead, "Zone One" , 2011

Origin:
Immiscible  is derived from the prefix im-  which is a variant of in-  meaning having a negative force, as in the words immoral  and indefensible . The word miscible  means "capable of being mixed" and is used primarily in chemistry and physics.

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