Hy"brid (?), n. (Philol.) A word composed of elements which belong to different languages.

Hy"brid (?), n. [L. hybrida, hibrida, prob. allied to Gr. &?; wantonness (as if unbridled, lawless, unnatural), perh. akin to Gr. "ype`r over, E. over: cf. F. hybride.] (Biol.) The offspring of the union of two distinct species; an animal or plant produced from the mixture of two species. See Mongrel.

Hy"brid, a. Produced from the mixture of two species; as, plants of hybrid nature.

Hy"brid (?), n. (Philol.) A word composed of elements which belong to different languages.

• offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. different species
  
• something of mixed origin or composition
  
• a word whose elements are derived from different languages
  
• consisting of diverse components