hybrid, hybride

[Lat. hibrida, hybrid a, and ibrida a hybrid.] [See def.] A. As adjective : 2. Fig . ( of persons or things): Derived from two sources, as an Act of Congre , a faith, a word, . B. As substantive: I. Ordinary Language: 1. Literally: (1) Strictly : In the same sense as II. (2) Loosely : A human being born of parents belonging to different races. Such a person should be called a mongrel, not a hybrid. 2. Fig .: Anything deriving its origin from two wholly distinct sources. "In the first generation mongrels are more variable than hybrids."-Darwin: Origin of Species (6th ed.), 259. hy-brid-iş-er, s. [HYBRIDIZER.]