An offspring of a black and a white parent.
Roget 41:
mixture,
admixture,
commixture,
commixtion†;
commixion†,
intermixture,
alloyage†,
matrimony;
junction
etc.
43;
combination
etc.
48;
miscegenation.
impregnation;
infusion,
diffusion suffusion,
transfusion;
infiltration;
seasoning,
sprinkling,
interlarding;
interpolation;
etc.
228
adulteration,
sophistication.
[Thing mixed]
tinge,
tincture,
touch,
dash,
smack,
sprinkling,
spice,
seasoning,
infusion,
soupcon.
[Compound resulting from mixture]
alloy,
amalgam;
brass,
chowchow†,
pewter;
magma,
half-and-half,
melange,
tertium quid [Lat.],
miscellany,
ambigu†,
medley,
mess,
hotchpot†,
pasticcio†,
patchwork,
odds and ends,
all sorts;
jumble
etc.
(disorder)
59;
salad,
sauce,
mash,
omnium gatherum [Lat.],
gallimaufry,
olla-podrida†,
olio,
salmagundi,
potpourri,
Noah's ark,
caldron texture,
mingled yarn;
mosaic
etc.
(variegation)
440.
half-blood,
half-caste.
mulatto;
terceron†,
quarteron†,
quinteron†
&c.;
quadroon,
octoroon;
griffo†,
zambo†;
cafuzo†;
Eurasian;
fustee†,
fustie†;
griffe,
ladino†,
marabou,
mestee†,
mestizo,
quintroon,
sacatra zebrule [Lat.];
catalo†;
cross,
hybrid,
mongrel.
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Roget 83:
nonconformity
etc.
82;
unconformity,
disconformity;
unconventionality,
informality,
abnormity†,
abnormality,
anomaly;
anomalousness
etc.
adj.†;
exception,
peculiarity;
infraction of law,
breach,
of law,
violation of law,
violation of custom,
violation of usage,
infringement of law,
infringement of custom,
infringement of usage;
teratism†,
eccentricity,
bizarrerie†,
oddity,
je ne sais quoi [Fr.],
monster,
monstrosity,
rarity;
freak,
freak of Nature,
weirdo,
mutant;
rouser,
snorter [U.S.].
individuality,
idiosyncrasy,
originality,
mannerism.
aberration;
irregularity;
variety;
singularity;
exemption;
salvo
etc.
(qualification)
469.
nonconformist;
nondescript,
character,
original,
nonesuch,
nonsuch†,
monster,
prodigy,
wonder,
miracle,
curiosity,
flying fish,
black sheep,
black swan,
lusus naturae [Lat.],
rara avis [Lat.],
queer fish;
mongrel,
random breed;
half-caste,
half-blood,
half-breed;
metis [Lat.],
crossbreed,
hybrid,
mule,
hinny,
mulatto;
tertium quid [Lat.],
hermaphrodite.
[Mythical animals]
phoenix,
chimera,
hydra,
sphinx,
minotaur;
griffin,
griffon;
centaur;
saggittary†;
kraken,
cockatrice,
wyvern,
roc,
dragon,
sea serpent;
mermaid,
merman,
merfolk†;
unicorn;
Cyclops,
men whose heads do grow beneath their men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders"
[Othello];
teratology.
[unconformable to the surroundings]
fish out of water;
neither one thing nor another,
neither fish nor fowl,
neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring;
one in a million,
one in a way,
one in a thousand;
outcast,
outlaw;
off the beaten track;
oasis.
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Dutch: mulattin, halfbloed, mulat