English Explanatory Dictionary

mixen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A compost heap or dunghill.

Word forms

mixen mixens

Etymology

From Middle English myxen, from Old English mixen, myxen, from meohx, meox (“dung, filth”), from Proto-West Germanic *mīgan, from Proto-Germanic *mīganą (“to urinate”); akin to German Mist (“manure”).

Derived words

dungmixen
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